One of the many things I’d never considered before building a house: lead contamination in soil.
Thanks to Flint, Michigan, everyone knows the problems of lead in water. Though less publicized, lead in soil also has health and safety concerns.
I’m building a house for Makers in Pittsburgh, PA. In case you missed it, here’s Part 1: Why Build a House.
Next, we’ll talk about finances for the land, the house, and home ownership.
The exact numbers depend on what, where and when you’re building… but here’s a rough guide…
“People think building a house will save their marriage — but, just like having kids, it won’t. Building a house can’t be to fix things, it must be to make a good thing better.” — My real estate agent
This is the first in a series I’ll be writing about…
Our focus is under assault. Over $100 billion was spent on online advertising in 2018 alone — all trying to distract us from the things that really matter.
One of my New Years’ resolutions is to be more focused — both in how I live my life as a whole…
Climate change is happening. Is your investment portfolio ready?
Although we can still mitigate the truly catastrophic damage forecasted by 2100, the absolute best case for 2050 is 1.5*C warming and 150 million refugees. That’s going to significantly reshape the economic landscape — and the stock market. …
Although the science of human damage to the environment is crystal clear, the steps to reduce our impact can be murky at best.
To celebrate the Global Climate Strike, I’ve done extensive research on the largest causes of emissions and where we as individuals can have the biggest impact for…
Part 2. Read Part 1 (Geopolitics of EVs). Part 3 coming in November.
In Q2 2019, Americans purchased 4,430,000 passenger cars.
2.1% of those (92,599) were electric vehicles — up from 0.9% in 2016.
Electric Vehicle (EV) sales threaten $4.3 trillion in annual revenue ($3T from gas automakers, $1.3T …
Part 1 of a series on electric vehicles. Part 2: The Business of EVs.
In 2016, Americans drove more than 2 trillion miles.
Converting to an all-electric fleet would reduce the environmental impact of all those cars… but what challenges would we face, and what can we do about them?
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Make your retirement savings work for you — and the planet.
Our planet is worth saving — but it can be difficult to figure out how we, as individuals, can make a difference.
There’s already a lot of good resources for taking political action and making lifestyle changes like biking…
After 100 years of paying expensive consultants to try and train the bias out of employees, companies and psychologists finally had to admit defeat. The human brain is just too flawed.
But they still needed those human employees. In those same 100 years, AI had failed to reach its much-hyped…
