Why can’t we put all of the data centers in west Texas and just use solar+batteries? How much extra would things cost if we did that? Good luck with the baby!

Very cool! And there’s at least a little work being done with cows: solargrazing.org/raising-the-...

I’ve read about putting solar panels above canals or certain crops. Solar panels above grazing land?

What is the difference between involuntary euthanasia and murder? They're both just killing somebody who doesn't want to be killed.

I agree, but also want to consider "demand" to include demand for alternate uses, like seating for cafes, protected bike lanes, sidewalk trees, etc. If there's no demand for any of those things then maybe we can have parking for cars.

Not just the parking spaces. We should be charging drivers rent on the travel lanes too. They're using way more space than people who walk, use transit, etc.

Even with an elasticity of -1, you’d have people earning the same total $ in fewer hours, freeing them up for school, family, leisure, etc.

I came here to suggest this. I use it in a stats class in the econ department. I skip some of the chapters that are more for math stats (eg geometric distribution) and add more causal inference.

The article has a lot of reasons that make me skeptical the result tells us much about New York. The biggest one is that GDP went up by 50% in a short time and a lot of people bought cars. Maybe transit’s share would have declined a lot more if it were not made free.

Thanks, that’s a lot more variability than I realized

What causes the peaks and valleys in nuclear?

Where do you see average of 2800 and 2000? I see a maximum of 2800 and a minimum of 2000 but the drop in averages is much smaller (I am a devoted YIMBY, but also a nerd).

Do you have a source for that? BEA says the US has a trade deficit when including goods and services (tariffs are still dumb). www.bea.gov/news/2025/us...

Why didn’t they include a regression table with 6 pt font?

Honest question: why don’t mathematicians put a detailed version in an online appendix to help people who can’t figure out the details?