BY Brad Anderson: Germany’s March car market rose 16 percent overall, but the real story was the 24 percent of registrations that were fully battery-electric New EVs are now out-selling petrol-powered cars in the country. On January 1, Germany reintroduced subsidies for electric cars. Sales of hybrid and plug-in hybrid models are also on the rise….
Over the last few weeks, I’ve noticed the sun shining just a bit more golden, and the mornings turning just a little more crisp. Autumn’s official welcome is still a few weeks away, but there are signs it’s inching closer every day. With that in mind, I’m trying to lean in and embrace these last…
Trump has been unclear on the key driving force behind his pressure campaign against Iran Just a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with President Donald Trump in Washington to do his best to get Washington to embrace his maximalist demands during negotiations with Iran, reports out of Israel said…
Iran is still holding traffic through the Strait of Hormuz hostage, and the entire world is going to suffer. Before the war, commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz flowed freely, and the global economy functioned normally. But even though there is a temporary ceasefire, Iran continues to maintain a stranglehold on the waterway, and…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There is a small mobile cart somewhere in the Netherlands right now, and if you bring it a handful of cigarette butts, it will give you poffertjes. Those are Dutch mini pancakes, in case you were wondering, and yes, the exchange is real. WasteBar is the project behind it….
In my recent studies, I came across the work of Bill Plotkin, a depth psychologist, wilderness guide, and author who has devoted his life to exploring human development in relationship with the Earth. One of his central ideas is that modern society suffers from what he calls a “patho-adolescent culture.” Plotkin suggests that our entire…
In a wildfire, everyone needs the same live intel to make life-saving decisions. But building a physical command centre takes time – exactly what’s in shortest supply when every minute counts. VizworX, a Calgary-based software firm, saw an opportunity to bring a tech solution that would connect crews in the field, command teams at base…
NASA‘s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will downlink about 1.4 terabytes of data — on par with an entire gaming system hard drive — every single day. When Kristen McQuinn thinks about that deluge and how to get it in the hands of researchers, she likens it to another technological evolution. “Back in the day,…
Chaos has erupted in the streets of major cities all over this country, and it appears that we have reached a boiling point which could cause events to completely spiral out of control. We knew that there was no way that the Trump administration was going to back down on immigration enforcement, and we knew…
Are you feeling that magical shift in the air? As we approach the Solstice, we’re standing at a powerful threshold, a time of sacred birthing and miraculous new beginnings. Something is stirring, and what’s been brewing is ready to take shape. The cards were practically leaping out of the box this week! The energy…
