Saturday links: the absence of criticism
Tadas Viskanta
Abnormal Returns
4 months ago
5 MIN READ
EVs
- A universal solution for EV charging? Yes, please. (theverge.com)
- What if apartment buildings could swap parking spots for a EV ‘mobility hub’? (observer.com)
- How electric buses gained a foothold in India. (bloomberg.com)
- EVs need better tires. (wired.com)
- Remembering the EV1. (npr.org)
Autos
- Why Europe’s car makers are struggling. (wsj.com)
- On the economics of self-driving taxis at scale. (om.co)
- How does a ‘mild hybrid’ work? (whichcar.com.au)
- Waymo is coming to Miami. (theverge.com)
Energy
- Thinking about the economics of the end of oil. (nber.org)
- Will talk of a nuclear energy renaissance actually turn into action? (theatlantic.com)
- Offshore wind is a tough business, just ask Denmark’s Ørsted. (ft.com)
- How AI is helping frackers become more efficient. (michaelparekh.substack.com)
- Straw is a good insulator. (fastcompany.com)
Environment
- Warmer winters are wetter. (theatlantic.com)
- New York doesn’t have enough forest firefighters. (grist.org)
- Some cemeteries are swapping well-groomed grounds for a wilder environment. (nytimes.com)
Weather
- We need better weather forecasting. Eliminating the NOAA won’t help. (nytimes.com)
- Why weather apps are not perfect. (wsj.com)
Fish
- This turbine allows salmon to pass through safely. (thecooldown.com)
- Fish have a brain microbiome. (quantamagazine.org)
- Tarpon are migrating north. (wsj.com)
Animals
- If more creatures are sentient, do we need to rethink our approach? (arstechnica.com)
- The rare ʻalalā Hawaiian crow has been reintroduced to Maui. (axios.com)
- Mammoths were an important part of early Americans’ diets. (sciencedaily.com)
- Dogs are good at sussing out your mood. (bbc.com)
- Seagrass is in trouble. (arstechnica.com)
Space
- Colonizing Mars is a horrible idea. (yahoo.com)
- The U.S. government doesn’t want you training a telescope on its top secret satellites. (theatlantic.com)
Travel
- How to fix the deplaning issue. (wsj.com)
- Have we reached ‘peak PreCheck’? (yahoo.com)
- Juneau, Alaska has been overrun with tourists. (theguardian.com)
- The costs of staying in New York City keep going up. (wsj.com)
- The top 10 travel books in 2024 including “The New Tourist: Waking Up to the Power and Perils of Travel” by Paige McClanahan. (smithsonianmag.com)
Technology
- The PC business is struggling. (sherwood.news)
- Chicago is betting big on quantum computing. (wsj.com)
- These companies will help you delete your Twitter data. (wired.com)
- How to recycle anything with a plug. (vox.com)
Public health
- The USDA has ordered the testing of milk for bird flu. (nbcnews.com)
- Evidence on how to prevent the spread of norovirus. (sciencedaily.com)
- Masking reduces the incidence of respiratory disease in a health care setting. (jamanetwork.com)
Health
- The share of hospitals without a maternity ward is growing. (nytimes.com)
- How HPV vaccines reduce the incidence of cervical cancer. (sciencenews.org)
- For an aging populace, the health risks of falling are no joke. (wsj.com)
- Why exercise fails so often as an intervention. (bjsm.bmj.com)
- Do drug expiration dates matter? (vox.com)
Food
- What we lose when we don’t take the time to cook our own meals. (currentaffairs.org)
- Why the economics of vertical farming is so tough. (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)
- Whole Food is experimenting with smaller scale stores. (wsj.com)
- Plant-based eggs are a tough problem to crack. (smithsonianmag.com)
- How the Smarties brand keeps growing. (fooddive.com)
- We are past ‘peak Honeycrisp.’ (seriouseats.com)
Drink
- Holiday parties are going alcohol-free. (ft.com)
- Less drinking is having a knock-on effect for nightlife. (theguardian.com)
- Guinness is having a moment with younger drinkers. (nytimes.com)
- Celebrities love investing in beverage startups. (news.crunchbase.com)
- The bubble in rare Scotch whisky prices has burst. (ft.com)
TV
- The best TV shows of 2024 including ‘Somebody Somewhere.’ (variety.com)
- The best TV shows of 2024 including ‘English Teacher.’ (nytimes.com)
- The best TV shows of 2024 including ‘Girls5eva.’ (slate.com)
- AFI’s best TV shows of 2024 including ‘A Man on the Inside.’ (variety.com)
Music
- The top 100 albums of 2024 including ‘Manning Fireworks’ by MJ Lenderman. (rollingstone.com)
- The best albums of 2024 including ‘Only God Was Above Us’ by Vampire Weekend. (newyorker.com)
- The best albums of 2024 including ‘Brat’ by Charli XCX. (businessinsider.com)
Sports pay
- Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever is grossly underpaid. (sports.yahoo.com)
- The 50 highest paid coaches in American sports. (sportico.com)
Sports
- Private equity can’t get enough of the NFL. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- The NFL bye week bump has largely disappeared. (wsj.com)
- How Cadillac secured its spot on the F1 grid. (huddleup.substack.com)
- Climate change may force the Rays out of Tampa Bay. (discovermagazine.com)
- How sports gambling became ubiquitous. (economist.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: walking in nature. (abnormalreturns.com)
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