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The Last Optimist is hosted by Mark P. Mills—author, businessman, physicist, and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute—and features discussions with leading thinkers and innovators who are inventing our future. Mark's latest book is “The Cloud Revoluti

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    The Last Optimist podcast, hosted by Mark P. Mills, is an absolute gem for anyone with an interest in the current state of energy and technology. I stumbled upon this podcast through the Decouple Podcast and from the very first episode, I was hooked. In fact, I wish I had discovered Mark's work sooner because he provides such valuable insights and analysis that are hard to find elsewhere. Each new episode has me eagerly awaiting more, as it feels like being invited into a private briefing session on energy and technology issues.

    One of the best aspects of The Last Optimist podcast is Mark P. Mills himself. His wealth of knowledge and expertise in energy and technology is truly impressive, and he presents complex topics in a way that is accessible to listeners with varying levels of understanding. He combines facts, data, and personal anecdotes to provide a comprehensive view of the issues at hand. This not only educates listeners but also sparks critical thinking about the future of energy and technology.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is its concise yet informative nature. Mark manages to package everything you need to know about a given topic into neat bundles within each episode. He provides a 360-degree view of the issues by offering historical context, current trends, and future projections. This thorough approach allows listeners to gain a deep understanding of the subject matter without feeling overwhelmed or lost.

    While it is difficult to find any major faults with The Last Optimist podcast, one minor downside could be that some episodes may delve too deeply into technical details for casual listeners who may not have a strong background in energy or technology. However, even in these moments, Mark's engaging style keeps you hooked despite any potential confusion.

    In conclusion, The Last Optimist podcast is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in staying informed about energy and technology developments. Mark P. Mills delivers thought-provoking content that leaves you with a better understanding of the current state of affairs while offering a glimpse into the future. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting to explore these topics, this podcast is a must-listen for its insightful analysis and engaging delivery.



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    Information About Energy is More Critical Than Ever: Time to Reboot the IEA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024


    The International Energy Agency (IEA) is 50 years old this year, created because of the 1973/4 “oil shock” that triggered a global recession. Today’s energy markets and geopolitics are just as vulnerable to similar disruptions, but the IEA has since shifted its mission to advocate for abandoning hydrocarbons, erasing its ability to serve as a credible, unbiased source of the kind of energy... Source

    Information About Energy is More Critical Than Ever: Time to Reboot the IEA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 36:36


    The International Energy Agency (IEA) is 50 years old this year, created because of the 1973/4 “oil shock” that triggered a global recession. Today's energy markets and geopolitics are just as vulnerable to similar disruptions, but the IEA has since shifted its mission to advocate for abandoning hydrocarbons, erasing its ability to serve as a credible, unbiased source of the kind of energy information vital for risk analysis and planning. It's time to reform the IEA.

    E51. The Imminent Prospect of a Very Bad Idea: A Carbon Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024


    At the end of 2023, Congress had four different pieces of proposed legislation directed at creating a carbon tax; three had bipartisan support. Thus, bookmakers see a rising prospect for some form of carbon tax. We return to unbundling why that’s such a bad idea, and the flaws in claiming that it would unleash “market forces” to create alternatives. Source

    The Imminent Prospect of a Very Bad Idea: A Carbon Tax

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2024 33:39


    At the end of 2023, Congress had four different pieces of proposed legislation directed at creating a carbon tax; three had bipartisan support. Thus, bookmakers see a rising prospect for some form of carbon tax. We return to unbundling why that's such a bad idea, and the flaws in claiming that it would unleash “market forces” to create alternatives. For a summary of the state of the bad idea see The Carbon Tax Cliff, City Journal, Mark P. Mills, January 3, 2024.

    E50. Chemicals, Climate, Carbon, and a Cri de Coeur for Rational Dialogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023


    Joining this episode, Peter Huntsman – CEO of a multi-billion-dollar US-based multinational with operations in 30 countries – for a far ranging-conversation about the role and nature of chemicals (used in everything from batteries to Boeings), workplace culture, regulations, energy issues, and the challenges of global competition. Source

    Chemicals, Climate, Carbon, and a Cri de Coeur for Rational Dialogue

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 48:21


    Joining this episode, Peter Huntsman - CEO of a multi-billion-dollar US-based multinational with operations in 30 countries - for a far ranging-conversation about the role and nature of chemicals (used in everything from batteries to Boeings), workplace culture, regulations, energy issues, and the challenges of global competition. Biography of Peter Huntsman, Chairman, CEO, Huntsman CorporationThe Wall Street Journal interview with Peter Huntsman.

    E49. Will Climate Policies Throttle the A.I. Era?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023


    We revisit, with new research, the astonishing energy appetite of artificial intelligence (A.I.), a reality completely absent from the just-released 18,000 word Executive Order on A.I. Yet the Administration’s “whole-of-government” pursuit of climate policies is seen everywhere else. Meanwhile, fueling A.I. will propel the world beyond today’s zettabyte of digital traffic into the yottabyte era. Source

    Will Climate Policies Throttle the A.I. Era?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 42:43


    We revisit, with new research, the astonishing energy appetite of artificial intelligence (A.I.), a reality completely absent from the just-released 18,000 word Executive Order on A.I. Yet the Administration's “whole-of-government” pursuit of climate policies is seen everywhere else. Meanwhile, fueling A.I. will propel the world beyond today's zettabyte of digital traffic into the yottabyte era. Links:A coalition of digital and cloud experts comes together at the newly announced Yotta organization.The White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence.

    E48. Hybrid-electric Cars: Faster, Cheaper, Better and Fairer Way to Cut Oil Use

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023


    If one feels compelled, and by that, I mean if Congress and state policymakers feel compelled to subsidize ways to reduce the amount of oil used by vehicles on the roads, the facts point to hybrids making far more sense. Sales figures in recent months suggest that consumers think so too. Source

    Hybrid-electric Cars: Faster, Cheaper, Better and Fairer Way to Cut Oil Use

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 32:46


    If one feels compelled, and by that, I mean if Congress and state policymakers feel compelled to subsidize ways to reduce the amount of oil used by vehicles on the roads, the facts point to hybrids making far more sense. Sales figures in recent months suggest that consumers think so too.Related to this episode's topic, to watch or listen to the October 2023 “great debate” over EVs between Mark Mills and Rosario Fortugno, click here for that SOHO Forum Debate recording.

    E47. Artificial Intelligence and its Energy Appetite

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023


    The invention of useful artificial intelligence (AI), epitomized by the hype over ChatGPT, is the latest example of a basic truth about technology: There have always been many more inventions that use energy than those that can produce it. Only a few inventions over history are as energy-hungry as AI; it ranks up there with the invention of the automobile and aircraft. Source

    Artificial Intelligence and its Energy Appetite

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 42:06


    The invention of useful artificial intelligence (AI), epitomized by the hype over ChatGPT, is the latest example of a basic truth about technology: There have always been many more inventions that use energy than those that can produce it. Only a few inventions over history are as energy-hungry as AI; it ranks up there with the invention of the automobile and aircraft.

    E46. EVs and the Simplicity Trope

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023


    At the core of the belief that EVs inevitably displace conventional cars is the claim that EVs are, inherently, just simpler machines. That means, we’re told, fewer jobs—hence the ostensible reason for the UAW’s anxiety. But the simplicity claim is a canard. EVs entail a complexity swap, not a simplification. Source

    EVs and the Simplicity Trope

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 34:41


    At the core of the belief that EVs inevitably displace conventional cars is the claim that EVs are, inherently, just simpler machines. That means, we're told, fewer jobs—hence the ostensible reason for the UAW's anxiety. But the simplicity claim is a canard. EVs entail a complexity swap, not a simplification.Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream, Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.

    E45. Harold Hamm, Icon of the Oilfields

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023


    We talk with Harold Hamm, founder and former CEO, now Exec Chairman of Continental Resources. Hamm, one of the key pioneers of the American shale revolution, has written a book about his life’s journey and the critical role of the U.S. oil and gas industry. Source

    Harold Hamm, Icon of the Oilfields

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 41:50


    We talk with Harold Hamm, founder and former CEO, now Exec Chairman of Continental Resources.Hamm, one of the key pioneers of the American shale revolution, has written a book about his life's journey and the critical role of the U.S. oil and gas industry.Game Changer: Our Fifty-Year Mission to Secure America's Energy Independence, Harold Hamm, Forefront Books, 2023.

    E44. The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 4 of 4 Inconvenient Geopolitics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023


    The refrain, the claim, from EV and green-tech advocates is that EVs and the massive alternative energy subsidies will free us from “our geopolitical adversaries” and the “manipulation of the price of oil.” Instead, supply chain realities show just how profoundly misguided those claims are. Source

    The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 4 of 4 Inconvenient Geopolitics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 48:41


    The refrain, the claim, from EV and green-tech advocates is that EVs and the massive alternative energy subsidies will free us from “our geopolitical adversaries” and the “manipulation of the price of oil.” Instead, supply chain realities show just how profoundly misguided those claims are.Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream, Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.

    E43. The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 3 No Salvation from Magic Battery Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023


    The ubiquitous clickbait headline about some new battery innovation that “changes everything” is just that; clickbait. The underlying realities of energy physics and electrical engineering determine the usefully foreseeable future and it’s not one with EVs cheaper, better and universal. Source

    The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 3 No Salvation from Magic Battery Tech

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 43:29


    The ubiquitous clickbait headline about some new battery innovation that “changes everything” is just that; clickbait. The underlying realities of energy physics and electrical engineering determine the usefully foreseeable future and it's not one with EVs cheaper, better and universal.Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream, Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.

    E42. The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 2 The ‘Hidden' CO2 Emissions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023


    The entire motivation for government subsidies and mandates to pursue an all-EV future is the claim that it will result in radical reductions in CO2 emissions. But known unknowns in EV supply chains show that all EV emission claims are ‘guesstimates’ based on averages, approximations, or aspirations. Pushing an all-EV world is likely to increase CO2 emissions. Source

    The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 2 The ‘Hidden' CO2 Emissions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 48:38


    The entire motivation for government subsidies and mandates to pursue an all-EV future is the claim that it will result in radical reductions in CO2 emissions. But known unknowns in EV supply chains show that all EV emission claims are ‘guesstimates' based on averages, approximations, or aspirations. Pushing an all-EV world is likely to increase CO2 emissions.Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream, Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.

    E41. The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 1 The State of Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023


    With a dozen states planning to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines and massive subsidies for electric vehicles (EV) from production to infrastructures, it’s time to dig deep into whether the facts support claims about EV emissions reductions and operational superiority. We start with a review of the state of play. Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream... Source

    The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 1 The State of Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 43:06


    With a dozen states planning to ban the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines and massive subsidies for electric vehicles (EV) from production to infrastructures, it's time to dig deep into whether the facts support claims about EV emissions reductions and operational superiority. We start with a review of the state of play. Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream, Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.

    E40. In Praise of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons, Part 2: Has Silicon Valley Developed a Soul?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023


    We continue our conversation with philosopher Don Howard who has very practical ideas about, and projects engaged in advancing the principles of ethics in robotics and artificial intelligence. For dystopians, prof Howard provides hope that Silicon Valley’s rising innovators are embracing ethics. Source

    In Praise of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons, Part 2: Has Silicon Valley Developed a Soul?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 34:53


    We continue our conversation with philosopher Don Howard who has very practical ideas about, and projects engaged in advancing the principles of ethics in robotics and artificial intelligence. For dystopians, prof Howard provides hope that Silicon Valley's rising innovators are embracing ethics.

    E39. In Praise of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons, Part 1: The Ethical Dimension of Robots and AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023


    One of Hollywood’s favorite SciFi themes, robo-wars, is in the real-world a serious topic with features and implications different from fevered movie scripts and clickbait. In this first of a two-part episode, we are joined by Don Howard, the brilliant Notre Dame professor of philosophy and ethics of technologies. Source

    In Praise of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons, Part 1: The Ethical Dimension of Robots and AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 35:20


    One of Hollywood's favorite SciFi themes, robo-wars, is in the real-world a serious topic with features and implications different from fevered movie scripts and clickbait. In this first of a two-part episode, we are joined by Don Howard, the brilliant Notre Dame professor of philosophy and ethics of technologies.“In Defense of (Virtuous) Autonomous Weapons.” Don Howard, Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies, November 2022.In Defense of (Virtuous) Autonomous Systems, Don A. Howard, Dakota Digital Review, February 21, 2023Real Robots in Our Near Future: The Rise of Capable Industrial Automatons, Dakota Digital Review, Mark P. Mills, March 9, 2023This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5816500/advertisement

    E38. Tech Investing: Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023


    In part 2, we pick up the conversation with legendary tech analyst Mark Mahaney. “Institutional Investor magazine has ranked him as a top Internet analyst every year for the past 15 years, including five years as number one.” Mahaney and Mills dig deeper into the implications of AI and ChatGPT, and more. Source

    Tech Investing: Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 30:01


    In part 2, we pick up the conversation with legendary tech analyst Mark Mahaney. “Institutional Investor magazine has ranked him as a top Internet analyst every year for the past 15 years, including five years as number one.” Mahaney and Mills dig deeper into the implications of AI and ChatGPT, and more.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5816500/advertisement

    E37. Tech Investing: Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023


    Photo courtesy of Mark Mahoney It’s one thing to forecast the big picture for a technology future, the “macro,” and quite another to be a successful stock picker. In this first of a two-part episode, we’re joined by Evercore ISI’s legendary stock analyst, Mark Mahaney, to talk technology, ChatGPT, and AI and the implications for tech investing. Source

    Tech Investing: Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 38:09


    It's one thing to forecast the big picture for a technology future, the “macro,” and quite another to be a successful stock picker. In this first of a two-part episode, we're joined by Evercore ISI's legendary stock analyst, Mark Mahaney, to talk technology, ChatGPT, and AI and the implications for tech investing.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5816500/advertisement

    E36. EVs and the Myth of Zero Emissions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023


    The idea that EVs are not only inevitable but have “zero emissions,” or at least radically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, is the central claim justifying governments banning — directly, or indirectly as EPA’s proposed rules would do — the sale of cars with internal combustion engines. But the data show that whatever emissions reductions might happen, they’ll be modest at best and at worst non... Source

    EVs and the Myth of Zero Emissions

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 42:47


    The idea that EVs are not only inevitable but have “zero emissions,” or at least radically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, is the central claim justifying governments banning — directly, or indirectly as EPA's proposed rules would do — the sale of cars with internal combustion engines. But the data show that whatever emissions reductions might happen, they'll be modest at best and at worst non-existent.

    E35. Controlling Inflation: Are There “Other Things” Besides Interest Rate Hikes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023


    In the aftermath of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and the role played by the Fed hiking interest rates to cool the economy, we explore the nature of — in words used by Senator Elizabeth Warren in sparring with Federal Reserve Chairman Powell — the “other things” keeping inflation at a multi-decade high. Source

    Controlling Inflation: Are There “Other Things” Besides Interest Rate Hikes?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 33:43


    In the aftermath of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, and the role played by the Fed hiking interest rates to cool the economy, we explore the nature of — in words used by Senator Elizabeth Warren in sparring with Federal Reserve Chairman Powell — the “other things” keeping inflation at a multi-decade high.

    Questions & Objections About the “Delusions” in the “Energy Transition”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 41:10


    In this episode we're responding to a curated collection of questions and objections we've received about ideas, facts and claims made in earlier podcasts, speeches, and articles about the challenges—the realities—of the “energy transition.”... Source

    E34. Questions & Objections About the “Delusions” in the “Energy Transition”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 41:10


    In this episode we’re responding to a curated collection of questions and objections we’ve received about ideas, facts and claims made in earlier podcasts, speeches, and articles about the challenges—the realities—of the “energy transition.”... Source

    The Malthusian Invective: Are There Enough Minerals For The “Energy Transition”?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 32:01


    The observation that the world is not mining (nor planning to mine) enough minerals to build the scale of solar/wind/battery hardware needed for the goals of Energy Transitionists has inspired the response that such limits are only espoused by modern Malthusians. The claim is that the world has plenty of minerals and that innovation will solve the problem. This is both true and irrelevant. Source

    E33. The Malthusian Invective: Are There Enough Minerals For The “Energy Transition”?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 32:00


    The observation that the world is not mining (nor planning to mine) enough minerals to build the scale of solar/wind/battery hardware needed for the goals of Energy Transitionists has inspired the response that such limits are only espoused by modern Malthusians. The claim is that the world has plenty of minerals and that innovation will solve the problem. This is both true and irrelevant. Source

    E32. What Are You Worried About?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 54:51


    Every month, Gallup asks an open-ended question—“what’s the most important problem?”– in a tracking poll to gauge Americans’ unprompted top-of-mind concerns. Economic issues top the list. So, despite the many challenges (and obvious horrors) in the world, in this episode we revisit what today’s technology trends tell us about tomorrow’s economy. Source

    What Are You Worried About?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 54:52


    Every month, Gallup asks an open-ended question—“what's the most important problem?”– in a tracking poll to gauge Americans' unprompted top-of-mind concerns. Economic issues top the list. So, despite the many challenges (and obvious horrors) in the world, in this episode we revisit what today's technology trends tell us about tomorrow's economy. Source

    E31. The Coming Tsunami of Energy (Transition) Spending and the Physics of Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 51:52


    Hundreds of billions of American dollars are about to gush forth from Washington in service of accelerating the vaunted energy transition. But there’s a problem, one anchored in what can only be called the physics of money. Economists and policymakers like to talk about “market failures” in achieving energy goals. But even gushers of money can’t change what nature permits. Source

    The Coming Tsunami of Energy (Transition) Spending and the Physics of Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 51:52


    Hundreds of billions of American dollars are about to gush forth from Washington in service of accelerating the vaunted energy transition. But there's a problem, one anchored in what can only be called the physics of money. Economists and policymakers like to talk about “market failures” in achieving energy goals. But even gushers of money can't change what nature permits. Source

    Useful Computing Finally Arrives: ChatGPT, ChatBots & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 45:02


    The release of ChatGPT, a powerful on-line AI tool, has excited anxieties in the chattering class that automation has finally arrived for “knowledge work,” much as it did for manual labor in the last century. It has, and that's a good thing for everyone. We even asked ChatGPT to re-write the above paragraph in the style of Shakespeare Oh, tempestuous thoughts that swirl within my mind, Of ChatGPT'... Source

    Useful Computing Finally Arrives: ChatGPT, ChatBots & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 45:01


    The release of ChatGPT, a powerful on-line AI tool, has excited anxieties in the chattering class that automation has finally arrived for “knowledge work,” much as it did for manual labor in the last century. It has, and that’s a good thing for everyone. We even asked ChatGPT to re-write the above paragraph in the style of Shakespeare Oh, tempestuous thoughts that swirl within my mind, Of ChatGPT’... Source

    Industrial Robots to the Rescue of the Skilled Labor Shortage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 44:52


    Robots aren't as far in the future as many people think, especially ones that can be put to work in the skilled trades and “hard industries.” And we're going to need them because of the existing and expanding shortage of skilled (human) labor in those industries, and given the fact of rising demand for all the things produced by “hard industries” whether basic materials, from metals to grains... Source

    Industrial Robots to the Rescue of the Skilled Labor Shortage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 44:51


    Robots aren’t as far in the future as many people think, especially ones that can be put to work in the skilled trades and “hard industries.” And we’re going to need them because of the existing and expanding shortage of skilled (human) labor in those industries, and given the fact of rising demand for all the things produced by “hard industries” whether basic materials, from metals to grains... Source

    E28. The Hoped-For Energy Transition is All About Mining

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 48:57


    The year 2022 ended without an energy crisis. And that’s a good thing. But now, for 2023, the gap is widening between ambitions and possibilities for one key reason: The world isn’t mining or planning to mine enough materials to build the quantities of “green” machines imagined. Eventually the world will equilibrate around what’s possible, i.e., an “all of the above” energy strategy... Source

    The Hoped-For Energy Transition is All About Mining

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 48:57


    The year 2022 ended without an energy crisis. And that's a good thing. But now, for 2023, the gap is widening between ambitions and possibilities for one key reason: The world isn't mining or planning to mine enough materials to build the quantities of “green” machines imagined. Eventually the world will equilibrate around what's possible, i.e., an “all of the above” energy strategy... Source

    2022, The Year of the EV: An Open Report Card for the WSJ's Dan Neil

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 73:59


    It's the time of the year for the lollapalooza of retrospectives. On the energy front, the electric vehicle (EV) was at the top of the year's obsessions. As a foil for framing an exploration of the state-of-the-EV, we've chosen a recent column by Dan Neil, the Wall Street Journal's automobile reporter, and graded the answers he's offered to that column's title question, “Should You Buy An EV Now?”... Source

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