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Reciprocity of requirement

I'm old school pro global trade. Let Chinese automakers sell their vehicles in the US, provided they are built in the US in joint venture with a US automaker (reciprocity of requirement).

It's an exaggerated example to make the point that the 1% registered EV doesn't reflect real life usage. In fact, 22% of households own more than 3 cars. It's like firearms; you'd think everyone in the US owns one because 433 million firearms are in circulation when, in reality, a great...

The US spent decades admonishing the world's nations to open their economies to global trade, which led to the greatest wealth creation ever. It's mind boggling that the US now believes that barriers to protect their economy from competition are suitable. Yes, China subsidizes and sanctions...

On the road means registered vehicles. Jay Leno has over 180 cars, most of which I assume are registered. Yet he could be driving an EV as a daily driver which still represent only 1% of his registered vehicles. I continue to frame transition to EV as a timed event. California and several...

The 1% doesn't reflect reality. It's simply taking total number of EVs to total number of ICE vehicles. It's not so uncommon for households to own multiple vehicles, including an EV (at least in California); Jay Leno skews the data with that calculation. Instead you have to look at % of EV to...

Funny, a right wing American who doesn't like competition. Exactly why I say unions are ideologically more in line with MAGA than Dems.

This isn't a political documentary other than it was shot in 2021 or 2022 and is well worth watching all 3 episodes. No Hollywood production, straight reality.

Gaza is a tiny speck of land, but a huge problem for Israel. What I'm suggesting is an L shaped swath of land, maybe 10 km wide, going north of the WB to Lebanon's border, then to the sea. Is that more than Gaza? Absolutely; but neither Israel nor Palestine would form isolated islands and...

You should look at a map before going off on a tirade. I was suggesting that Palestine should be a unified country, by getting land in the north, along the border with Jordan and access to the sea for shipping purposes. Palestine needs to prosper for its population to focus on its economy...

Agreed that Gaza should go to Israel in exchange for land adjacent to Lebanon and the West Bank, to give the state of Palestine access to the sea via Lebanon and Israel if peace can hold. While there's likely a unknown percentage of the concerned populations who'd agree to this in exchange for...

Every fund is allowed one right wing libertarian nut case and Elon Musk's Tesla beat Peter Thiel's Palantir to it.

China seems clearly intent on debasing the US$ as the global trading currency, yet the Renminbi is tightly controlled by communist party and illiquid. Something will have to give, unless they figure out how to both control the currency and turn it into an global trading instrument. But, just...

Hello! Jews and Arabs are semitic people rooted in the Middle East, and no one questions that. Their difference is primarily religious and cultural after centuries of moving about. Yemeni are the same tribal people who have been killing each other for half a century. French Catholic and...

What I mean by consensus is that science is highly complex. Scientist postulate and endeavor to answer but often the conclusions aren't so clear and require further review. The consensus comes when after research scientists generally agree on something, such as that the planet is warming. The...

Looks like I'm not alone with the way I see the situation... https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/ari-emanuel-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas-wiesenthal-1236014191/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/hf02-start-of-de-dollarization-chinas-gradual-move-away-from-the-usd/ Visual Capitalist The Start of De-Dollarization: China’s Gradual Move Away from the USD PublishedM ay 22, 2024 ByJulia Wendling...

Netanyahu has a heavy responsibility in how Israel has become. He's been in government and power longer than most and his Likud party has shaped right wing policies that are key to today's open conflict. Likud has been elected and reelected for decades, thus a majority of Israeli support its...

Blah, blah, blah... Nonsense. You can block me anytime you want.