The Future Drives Itself

The Future Drives Itself

A Bay-area entrepreneur and a London-based venture capitalist join forces to lay out a dramatic vision for the next 15 years of transportation. Their conclusions have truly profound impacts on global economies, the environment, people’s social lives, and geopolitics. And while the ideas presented may appear radical at first, a deeper read tells a convincing tale of a futuristic transportation sector just a few years away.

Despite Washington’s Wishes, Coal’s Decline Will Continue

Despite Washington’s Wishes, Coal’s Decline Will Continue

We’ve heard a lot in recent years and months about a [“war on coal”][1] taking place in the United States of America. Progressive activists and politicians have been attacked for depriving coal-workers and their families of their livelihoods, and for having some naive dream of clean, renewable energy. When announcing a new Trump administration initiative aimed at increasing domestic coal production, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke stated, [“We can’t power the country on pixie dust and hope.”][2] While hope is certainly not a reliable source of energy, I for one am eagerly awaiting the technological breakthroughs necessary to bring about the pixie-dust revolution.