Source: Front Page Magazine.

Ford is not the only automaker enduring huge losses on its investment in electric vehicles. Apparently, Tesla is the only EV maker that currently sells its product at a profit, and just barely so.

EVs are inherently expensive today because the technology is still developmental. Some people hope that EV prices will fall as industry standards, economies of scale, better technology and alternative supply chains all evolve. Others note that the raw materials production, infrastructure construction and maintenance and product disposal requirements to support widespread use will make EVs uneconomical for the foreseeable future.

I’m in the latter camp. History shows that there is a solid, if small, market for uneconomical vehicles, and that wherever a market exists innovation will operate. Instead of using government to force EVs into the mainstream, we should just wait.

Source: American Thinker.

As a rule the laws of physics tend to manifest as economic reality. Electric vehicles violate the laws of physics in a number of ways and for that reason EVs are unlikely to ever become economically viable.

The main physical law that EVs violate is that the batteries used to power cars can never deliver energy for transportation as efficiently as fuel tanks containing refined petroleum can. Engineers can develop workarounds, but the optimal engineering solution for transportation has already been worked out. That optimal solution is built around the use of fossil fuels.

Ford Motor Company’s engineers undoubtedly know all this. Consequently it is a wonder that the company is willing to lose billions of dollars in the fool’s errand of developing an EV product line. Don’t Ford’s executive managers know that every billion dollars they waste on EVs is a billion dollars worth of food that starving children in Africa (or on the streets of San Francisco) will never eat?

Source: American Affairs.

Every now and then you’ll hear someone say that reality has a liberal bias. The idea is that reality proves the objective truth of liberal ideology. It is a curious fact of life that those who possess this objective truth of liberal ideology are as a group measurably and distinctively prone to mental illness:

Continue reading “How to Understand the Well-Being Gap between Liberals and Conservatives” →

It is remarkable how many different ways one can approach the content of this video:

• Theory of democracy or of governance
• Social psychology
• Subjective economics
• Intelligent Design (or, possibly, the material origins of good and evil)
• Sabine’s funny jokes

Source: Bacon’s Rebellion.

Should convicted felons automatically get their voting rights back when they complete their sentences?

I don’t think so. I’m all for giving felons second chances, but the restoration of voting rights isn’t one of them.

Continue reading “Why Shouldn’t Virginia’s Felons Have To Ask Their Voting Rights Restored?” →

Some say Yes; some say No. I say Yes, albeit with zero authority in the matter. At least one actual authority says No, but only assertively.

The answer is somewhat significant to an interpretation of the work. Remember that Michelangelo’s David is the Biblical David, and the moment the statue depicts corresponds to a precise moment in the Biblical story, the moment just after David has removed the armor his father Saul had given him and just prior to engaging Goliath for the fight.

Continue reading “Is Michelangelo’s David Circumcised?” →

Source: Wall Street Journal (free link).

The writer describes three profound weaknesses of Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News:

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Source: A Son of the New American Revolution.

I have seen a little, but not much, commentary on Xi Jinping’s trip to Moscow. This one — typos and all — will have to do.

I agree with the writer that the deepening alliance between Russia and China represents a turning point in history, one that is happening now in part because we have a weak president and corrupt political institutions.

She may be a socialist, but she speaks the right truth to power in the video. To save you a little trouble, here’s the lady’s entry at Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Daly

Source: PJ Media.

The writer makes a lot of sense, but I wouldn’t go as far as he does to dissuade people from attending a protest over Trump’s arrest. Biden and his cronies may want there to be protests, but I don’t think exploiting the event is a power play the Biden team can win.

I agree with Elon Musk: Persecution of Trump by federal authorities is likely to inspire Trump’s re-election. The corollary to that is the potential for sparking a civil war, should protesters be treated harshly. Either way, I believe most Americans will hate the situation more than the participants. Meaning, the Biden team will get the blame.