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Centrists tout “moderation” as automatic smart politics, but ducking fights on energy and immigration ultimately leaves the same voters hung out to dry. Winning by default against unpopular incumbents isn’t some campaign strategy success. It’s just building towards another backlash.
Abundant Nautral Gas is something that will only exist on paper. Its supply chain is filled with risk averse companies, that rely on single supplier chokepoints,long snail paced certification process and with existing shortages. If Abundant natural gas was possible we would have it in 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Centrists tout “moderation” as automatic smart politics, but ducking fights on energy and immigration ultimately leaves the same voters hung out to dry. Winning by default against unpopular incumbents isn’t some campaign strategy success. It’s just building towards another backlash.
Abundant Nautral Gas is something that will only exist on paper. Its supply chain is filled with risk averse companies, that rely on single supplier chokepoints,long snail paced certification process and with existing shortages. If Abundant natural gas was possible we would have it in 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Abundant Nautral Gas is something that will only exist on paper. Its supply chain is filled with risk averse companies, that rely on single supplier chokepoints,long snail paced certification process and with existing shortages. If Abundant natural gas was possible we would have it in 2025.
The two of the biggest areas you see this in with obsession with natural graphite instead of synthetic graphite for anodes. Pitching NCM or Sodium Ion as alternatives where the supply chain won’t be reliant on China and still be competitive with Chinese LFP.
Underrated Chinese advantage in battery and rare earth supply chain is American,Indian and European ecosystem is filler snake oil salesmen, who profit of the panic and Chinese weaponization. A lot of money is allotted for technologies that are going to fail or only have a track record of failing.
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The two of the biggest areas you see this in with obsession with natural graphite instead of synthetic graphite for anodes. Pitching NCM or Sodium Ion as alternatives where the supply chain won’t be reliant on China and still be competitive with Chinese LFP.
Underrated Chinese advantage in battery and rare earth supply chain is American,Indian and European ecosystem is filler snake oil salesmen, who profit of the panic and Chinese weaponization. A lot of money is allotted for technologies that are going to fail or only have a track record of failing.
October 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Underrated Chinese advantage in battery and rare earth supply chain is American,Indian and European ecosystem is filler snake oil salesmen, who profit of the panic and Chinese weaponization. A lot of money is allotted for technologies that are going to fail or only have a track record of failing.
Would fare evasion discourse among Americans even exists if they had proof of payment and aggregated passes like annual and monthly passes? If fare evasion is considered antisocial behaviour, then it makes sense to have prosocial policies.
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Would fare evasion discourse among Americans even exists if they had proof of payment and aggregated passes like annual and monthly passes? If fare evasion is considered antisocial behaviour, then it makes sense to have prosocial policies.
The progress with self driving cars especially in Western circles is extremely overstated because nobody really writes about hardware,software and storage challenges that come with it. General diseconomies of scale keep getting ignored. It’s a bit like “AGI is 2 years away”
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The progress with self driving cars especially in Western circles is extremely overstated because nobody really writes about hardware,software and storage challenges that come with it. General diseconomies of scale keep getting ignored. It’s a bit like “AGI is 2 years away”
Australia probably has the largest right-wing media empire promoting climate denial. Yet its overall impact seems modest, because imported Chinese technology is cheaper and better, and there is no domestic car industry lobbying for protectionism.
October 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Australia probably has the largest right-wing media empire promoting climate denial. Yet its overall impact seems modest, because imported Chinese technology is cheaper and better, and there is no domestic car industry lobbying for protectionism.
Moderating on immigration, and even on policies like tariffs and cultural issues, will work against abundant housing and energy. Some issues require fighting on the unpopular side until you win. Even if it’s by lowering its salience.
September 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Moderating on immigration, and even on policies like tariffs and cultural issues, will work against abundant housing and energy. Some issues require fighting on the unpopular side until you win. Even if it’s by lowering its salience.
The world has really memoryholed 2022. USA and EU specifically wanted India to buy more Russian oil. They even eased insurance rules to allow it. The fear was that either the oil prices would rise or that only China would get access to the discounted crude.
August 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The world has really memoryholed 2022. USA and EU specifically wanted India to buy more Russian oil. They even eased insurance rules to allow it. The fear was that either the oil prices would rise or that only China would get access to the discounted crude.
This is higher than Indonesia and Vietnam. It does undercut the rationale that not allowing Chinese investment and goods would make it easier to be an alternative to China. It’s the worst of both worlds to get squeezed by both China and USA.
🚨Trump says tariff on Indian imports will go up to 25%, plus a penalty for buying Russian oil
July 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is higher than Indonesia and Vietnam. It does undercut the rationale that not allowing Chinese investment and goods would make it easier to be an alternative to China. It’s the worst of both worlds to get squeezed by both China and USA.
One aspect air conditioning discourse kind of misses is the current level of air conditioning is very close falling short with the kind of heat we are facing. We saw that in May and June of 2024 in India. It did repeat itself for a fewer days in 2025.
July 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
One aspect air conditioning discourse kind of misses is the current level of air conditioning is very close falling short with the kind of heat we are facing. We saw that in May and June of 2024 in India. It did repeat itself for a fewer days in 2025.
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The copper tariffs are going to hit NYC construction particularly hard, since our code still requires copper water supply lines where most of the rest of the US now uses plastics (plastics are less labor-intensive to work with, and NYC codes often bow to labor interests) www.cnbc.com/2025/07/09/u...
Copper now costs way more in the U.S. than elsewhere. This could hit its economy hard
The huge discrepancy in U.S. prices compared to those elsewhere is expected to have a major economic impact.
www.cnbc.com
July 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The copper tariffs are going to hit NYC construction particularly hard, since our code still requires copper water supply lines where most of the rest of the US now uses plastics (plastics are less labor-intensive to work with, and NYC codes often bow to labor interests) www.cnbc.com/2025/07/09/u...
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anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
anti-doomer sentence of the day: "Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last"
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Tariffs on Brazil and Laos, combined with the lack of engagement in Myanmar and 50% tariffs on copper, will hurt Chile. All of this strengthens China’s supply chain in critical minerals, pushing it closer to a monopoly. Also ensures Chinese renewables and EVs will dominate the market in the future.
July 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Tariffs on Brazil and Laos, combined with the lack of engagement in Myanmar and 50% tariffs on copper, will hurt Chile. All of this strengthens China’s supply chain in critical minerals, pushing it closer to a monopoly. Also ensures Chinese renewables and EVs will dominate the market in the future.
A lot of Indians follow YIMBYs in the US but assume that NIMBYism doesn’t exist in India. In reality, NIMBYism gets reported in the US largely because YIMBYs are so active and vocal. India’s NIMBY tendencies are far worse, but they go unreported.
June 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A lot of Indians follow YIMBYs in the US but assume that NIMBYism doesn’t exist in India. In reality, NIMBYism gets reported in the US largely because YIMBYs are so active and vocal. India’s NIMBY tendencies are far worse, but they go unreported.
Everyone from India to the US to the EU treats Chinese control of rare earths as a consequence of listening to environmentalists, which will lead to a backlash against EVs & renewables. But China’s REE dominance is really about intricate chemistry and the ability to automate complex processes.
June 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Everyone from India to the US to the EU treats Chinese control of rare earths as a consequence of listening to environmentalists, which will lead to a backlash against EVs & renewables. But China’s REE dominance is really about intricate chemistry and the ability to automate complex processes.
The main argument for free buses is that many people can’t afford fares, so making transit free seems logical. But even without a decline in service, it could take five years or more for people who currently can’t afford fares to fully benefit from free transit.
June 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The main argument for free buses is that many people can’t afford fares, so making transit free seems logical. But even without a decline in service, it could take five years or more for people who currently can’t afford fares to fully benefit from free transit.
One of the successes of Abundance(book) and its following discourse is that, it’s convinced nearly all of its critics that moderate voters and dems are YIMBYs while progressives are the biggest NIMBY obstacle to increasing housing supply. The critics also largely accepted this framing.
May 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
One of the successes of Abundance(book) and its following discourse is that, it’s convinced nearly all of its critics that moderate voters and dems are YIMBYs while progressives are the biggest NIMBY obstacle to increasing housing supply. The critics also largely accepted this framing.
We are at a point where renewables and EV would win most of the market competition vs high emissions technologies. But trade barriers and protectionist regulation keeps that from happening.
2010s was spent worrying about whether the world would be able to solve the technological & economic challenges of climate change solutions. In the 2020s, it’s clear that we have ‘solved’ both, but deliberate policy intervention remains the biggest obstacle to their adoption.
April 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We are at a point where renewables and EV would win most of the market competition vs high emissions technologies. But trade barriers and protectionist regulation keeps that from happening.
2010s was spent worrying about whether the world would be able to solve the technological & economic challenges of climate change solutions. In the 2020s, it’s clear that we have ‘solved’ both, but deliberate policy intervention remains the biggest obstacle to their adoption.
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
2010s was spent worrying about whether the world would be able to solve the technological & economic challenges of climate change solutions. In the 2020s, it’s clear that we have ‘solved’ both, but deliberate policy intervention remains the biggest obstacle to their adoption.
Water availability and usage are local problems that require local solutions. The excess water in Seattle cannot realistically or logistically be used to solve water scarcity issues in Chennai. Water issues aren’t like emissions and shouldn’t be analyzed as such.
March 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Water availability and usage are local problems that require local solutions. The excess water in Seattle cannot realistically or logistically be used to solve water scarcity issues in Chennai. Water issues aren’t like emissions and shouldn’t be analyzed as such.
Earlier reviews of the book, as well as the book itself, regardless of whether the reviews were positive or negative, fell into a dichotomy.
This is the best kind of review because it realizes that dichotomy is an unproductive trap.
This is the best kind of review because it realizes that dichotomy is an unproductive trap.
My review of The Abundance Agenda and discourse surrounding it.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/03/24/t...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/03/24/t...
The Abundance Agenda
A review.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
March 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Earlier reviews of the book, as well as the book itself, regardless of whether the reviews were positive or negative, fell into a dichotomy.
This is the best kind of review because it realizes that dichotomy is an unproductive trap.
This is the best kind of review because it realizes that dichotomy is an unproductive trap.
As someone who agrees with policy ideas on “Abundance” really wish Ezra Klein had different partner than Derek Thompson. Derek overall comes across as very insincere and pushes for false dichotomies.
official take on Abundance: pretty good policy ideas, actually. Their political/electoral effects are overstated, but we’re in an era of overstated political effects
March 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
As someone who agrees with policy ideas on “Abundance” really wish Ezra Klein had different partner than Derek Thompson. Derek overall comes across as very insincere and pushes for false dichotomies.
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Hard to propose any policy these days without claiming it’ll increase working class support for Dems and save the country from fascism. Sad to say, we don’t actually know
March 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hard to propose any policy these days without claiming it’ll increase working class support for Dems and save the country from fascism. Sad to say, we don’t actually know
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official take on Abundance: pretty good policy ideas, actually. Their political/electoral effects are overstated, but we’re in an era of overstated political effects
March 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
official take on Abundance: pretty good policy ideas, actually. Their political/electoral effects are overstated, but we’re in an era of overstated political effects