Russia Sanctions Collateral Damage: Diesel Shortage Risk Worsening, EV Batteries
More on the “soon to be with us” sanctions-induced diesel shortage, along with EV battery woes.
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IEA Releases 10-Point Plan to Curb Oil Use: The U.S. Is Unlikely to Follow Much – If Any – of It
The IEA last week proposed 10-point plan to curb oil use. Alas, it’s unlikely that current U.S. regulators and political leaders. will provide any more than lip service to these and other long overdue measures.
Read more...Senators Introduce Right to Repair Legislation
Senators introduce right to repair bill. Antitrust litigation will proceed regardless of whether federal or state legislation is enacted anytime soon.
Read more...How the Vehicle Production Nightmare Upended Everything and Why Automakers & Dealers Don’t Want the Old Ways Back
New vehicle sales show how Covid is working out very well for capitalists.
Read more...EPA Proposes Tougher Emissions Standards For Trucks
The Biden administration today proposed the first emissions standard upgrade for heavy duty trucks, vans, and busses since 2001.
Read more...5 Commodities That Could Explode As The Ukraine Crisis Escalates
A look at the commodities that are most vulnerable to reduced supply from Russia.
Read more...Commodities Price Increases and Prospect of Shortages Feeding Inflation Fears
Many commodities, particularly metals and energy, are in short supply, which points to even higher prices.
Read more...Resource Nationalism on Rise in Latin America, As Fever for “White Gold,” aka Lithium, Grips the World
Countries in the region are taking greater control of the revenues generated by the minerals and hydrocarbons produced within their borders, in particular when it comes to lithium.
Read more...Right to Repair Round-Up: One Step Back, One Leap Forward
Right to repair advocates see a setback in Massachusetts, while the Librarian of Congress establish a right to repair under copyright law.
Read more...Mexico’s Auto Industry Between Radical Change and Trade Wars
How auto suppliers in Mexico have wound up between a rock and a hard place.
Read more...The Supply Chain Crisis: How We Got Here
On some of the key management practices and fads that produced dependence on extended and revealed-to-be-fragile supply chains.
Read more...Why Elon Musk Isn’t Superman
Why Elon Musk, despite having built significant operating companies, is still mainly in the bezzle business.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Seven: Despite Staggering Losses, the Uber Propaganda Train Keeps Rolling
How Uber keeps pumping hot air into a financially flaccid business.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Six: With No Hope of Real Profits, Uber and Lyft Double Down on Fake Profit Metrics
Uber continues to hemorrhage cash and rack up impressive negative operating margins, yet the press eats up its accounting misdirection.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Five: Didi’s IPO Illustrates Why Uber’s Business Model Was Always Hopeless
Didi has a more commanding position than Uber in a fundamentally more attractive market, yet has been hemmorrhaging money.
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