Tom Bozzo
@atbozzo.bsky.social
Dad, spouse, economist, cyclist, Lego maniac, long lapsed blogger (not necessarily in that order). Tend to prefer my 70 square miles to the surrounding reality.
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Pro-industrial policy Dems' argument was that you can use targeted tariffs to allow nascent domestic competition in critical industries to grow. Trump's argument was no, we have to tariff everything and hang tough.
He gave up in 7 months.
He gave up in 7 months.
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Pro-industrial policy Dems' argument was that you can use targeted tariffs to allow nascent domestic competition in critical industries to grow. Trump's argument was no, we have to tariff everything and hang tough.
He gave up in 7 months.
He gave up in 7 months.
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Most cities, really. The opposition to turning a single family home adjacent Canada's densest amenity hub is always much more than crickets for a 20 storey rental becoming an 80 storey build. Displacement for some, miniature relics to the city of two centuries ago for others.
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Most cities, really. The opposition to turning a single family home adjacent Canada's densest amenity hub is always much more than crickets for a 20 storey rental becoming an 80 storey build. Displacement for some, miniature relics to the city of two centuries ago for others.
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fundamentally, our land use codes don't actually lead to significant higher levels of population density over single stair buildings of similar height - just thicker buildings w/ no unit diversity - all single aspect studios/1-BRs - like so:
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here's an example of what i mean on similar number of residents:
on left: 150 homes in 6 story PABs on a 1 acre site. 50% 2-4 BRs, for a total of 260 bedrooms.
on right: 181 homes on 6 floors - ALL but 11 are studios/1BRs (!)
0.8 acres, so 226 DU/acre - but only 256 bedrooms. no 3- or 4-BR homes
on left: 150 homes in 6 story PABs on a 1 acre site. 50% 2-4 BRs, for a total of 260 bedrooms.
on right: 181 homes on 6 floors - ALL but 11 are studios/1BRs (!)
0.8 acres, so 226 DU/acre - but only 256 bedrooms. no 3- or 4-BR homes
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
fundamentally, our land use codes don't actually lead to significant higher levels of population density over single stair buildings of similar height - just thicker buildings w/ no unit diversity - all single aspect studios/1-BRs - like so:
bsky.app/profile/holz...
bsky.app/profile/holz...
I think they’re just not considered marketable in the land of the giant SUV, though the also very appealing current generation Mini Cooper E got 86’ed here for being made in China.
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I think they’re just not considered marketable in the land of the giant SUV, though the also very appealing current generation Mini Cooper E got 86’ed here for being made in China.
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A hatchback two-door EV we could send a kid off to college in would crush in the US market. But only China is making them and the auto-industrial complex has banned them in the USA.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A hatchback two-door EV we could send a kid off to college in would crush in the US market. But only China is making them and the auto-industrial complex has banned them in the USA.
Along those lines, I thought the best of the forbidden fruit seen on a recent trip to Europe was the Renault 5 EV. Exactly what the college student of the late 20s should be driving if not a two-wheeler!
November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Along those lines, I thought the best of the forbidden fruit seen on a recent trip to Europe was the Renault 5 EV. Exactly what the college student of the late 20s should be driving if not a two-wheeler!
I see things like that on the Bloomberg homepage fairly often (see the INTC/Intel line), and wonder if it's AI at work or just a keyword-type error.
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I see things like that on the Bloomberg homepage fairly often (see the INTC/Intel line), and wonder if it's AI at work or just a keyword-type error.
...especially if US policy swings back not to try to suppress EV adoption (which is increasingly going to be a few fingers plugging a rather leaky dike even as it stands).
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
...especially if US policy swings back not to try to suppress EV adoption (which is increasingly going to be a few fingers plugging a rather leaky dike even as it stands).
I'll be interested to see what they do with products that depend on indigenous low-cost batteries like the new Bolt and the Ford small EV pickup. If they can't get those to market (in quantity and/or finite time), they might also get rolled over even in NA...
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'll be interested to see what they do with products that depend on indigenous low-cost batteries like the new Bolt and the Ford small EV pickup. If they can't get those to market (in quantity and/or finite time), they might also get rolled over even in NA...
Totally agree that ebikes should be front and center in sustainable transportation policies.
The issue here is that sample failures of business execution get reported as 'nobody wants EVs.' (There may be inadequate demand for F-150 EVs, for good or ill, but that should be Ford's problem.)
The issue here is that sample failures of business execution get reported as 'nobody wants EVs.' (There may be inadequate demand for F-150 EVs, for good or ill, but that should be Ford's problem.)
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Totally agree that ebikes should be front and center in sustainable transportation policies.
The issue here is that sample failures of business execution get reported as 'nobody wants EVs.' (There may be inadequate demand for F-150 EVs, for good or ill, but that should be Ford's problem.)
The issue here is that sample failures of business execution get reported as 'nobody wants EVs.' (There may be inadequate demand for F-150 EVs, for good or ill, but that should be Ford's problem.)
"We raised the price 30-plus-percent and are way under our volume goals" isn't a counterintuitive result.
More interesting IMO is how the market will react to things like Hyundai's Ioniq 5 price cut and other affordable EV intros once the demand brought forward by the tax credit end has played out.
More interesting IMO is how the market will react to things like Hyundai's Ioniq 5 price cut and other affordable EV intros once the demand brought forward by the tax credit end has played out.
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"We raised the price 30-plus-percent and are way under our volume goals" isn't a counterintuitive result.
More interesting IMO is how the market will react to things like Hyundai's Ioniq 5 price cut and other affordable EV intros once the demand brought forward by the tax credit end has played out.
More interesting IMO is how the market will react to things like Hyundai's Ioniq 5 price cut and other affordable EV intros once the demand brought forward by the tax credit end has played out.