Saturday links: a generous act of faith
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
7 months ago
3 MIN READ
EVs
- Battery recycling improves the case for EVs. (bloomberg.com)
- Google Maps will soon have better charging station data. (electrek.co)
- Mercedes Benz has unveiled an EV version of the G wagon. (engadget.com)
- Honda ($HMC) is building out its EV capacity in North America. (cnbc.com)
Transport
- An increasing proportion of used car sales now happen online. (wsj.com)
- Blade is an organ transport company in disguise. (sherwood.news)
Energy
- REC Silicon, which makes polysilicon, has reopened its U.S. factory. (nytimes.com)
- How geothermal energy systems work in a neighborhood loop. (wsj.com)
Appliances
- On the future of battery-powered appliances. (wsj.com)
- Appliances are more efficient than ever. So why aren’t we happy? (vox.com)
Environment
- We need to make less plastic, not more recycling. (wapo.st)
- A third of Americans regularly breath unhealthy air. (npr.org)
- Why we shouldn’t be landfilling food waste. (bloomberg.com)
- Rebuilding beaches with additional sand is often a waste. (scientificamerican.com)
Animals
- Can we ever really know what animals are thinking and feeling? (nytimes.com)
- Do more animals experience consciousness than we think? (quantamagazine.org)
Travel
- Southwest Airlines ($LUV) is pulling out of four airports. (cbsnews.com)
- Bag fees keep getting more complicated (and expensive). (wsj.com)
- There’s a right way and a wrong way to deter tourists. (bloomberg.com)
Technology
- The Apple ($AAPL) Vision Pro is selling slower than originally thought. (spyglass.org)
- Companies really don’t care about your data privacy. (om.co)
- Is the Rabbit R1 worth it? (sherwood.news)
Health
- Free medical school tuition will not magically mitigate the shortage of primary care physicians. (statnews.com)
- Metformin is going to be tested for increased longevity. (npr.org)
- Dobbs prompted a surge in tubal ligations and vasectomies. (marginalrevolution.com)
- The FDA has approved a new treatment for uncomplicated UTIs. (healthline.com)
- What would be need to vaccinate everyone for H5N1. (statnews.com)
Food
- Scalpers have taken over the market for coveted restaurant reservations. (newyorker.com)
- What it’s like to eat at Noma. (amateurgourmet.com)
- Local fishermen are finding ways to get their catch to local restaurants. (nytimes.com)
- What’s the deal with all the new ‘healthy’ soda brands? (axios.com)
Drink
- Growing interest in NA drinks doesn’t mean making money retailing them is easy. (punchdrink.com)
- What happens when couples drinking habits are in accordance. (bps.org.uk)
Live music
- What does it take to headline at Madison Square Garden? (billboard.com)
- Don’t let your love of live music ruin your hearing. (wapo.st)
WNBA
- WNBA ticket prices are on the rise. (frontofficesports.com)
- Why WNBA players are paid so little in comparison. (huddleup.substack.com)
Sports
- Why NFL execs love to trade draft picks. (nytimes.com)
- How gambling took over the web. (garbageday.email)
- Money is ruining youth baseball. (bloomberg.com)
- Elo ratings are everywhere. (msn.com)
College
- How to choose a college. (thecollegefinanciallady.com)
- More people are joining the skilled trades instead of going to college. (npr.org)
- Why colleges are building Washington DC outposts. (politico.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: fake podcast invites. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
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