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January 2025

Stanley's back! Jevons' Paradox comes to AI with DeepSeek
We have seen this movie before, from steam engines to LEDs.
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Lloyd Alter
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The annual attack of the killer bathtubs at the Interior Design Show in Toronto
Some things never change.
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Lloyd Alter
5
Happy second anniversary of my new life working for me
It continues to work out rather well.
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Lloyd Alter
23
Noooo, Canoooo is toast!
This was the electric car of my dreams, and now it is gone.
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Lloyd Alter
53
Fight Trump Tariffs with a Patriotic Canadian Diet
Stop buying American goods and services and try a local, seasonal, low carbon and all-Canadian diet.
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Lloyd Alter
45
It's time to rethink our e-bike regulations
And just eliminate Class 3; twenty is plenty for e-bike speed.
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Lloyd Alter
13
Starbucks is no longer "America's Bathroom." It never should have been.
We have no problem spending millions on highways, but never seem to have the money for public services like bathrooms that meet human needs.
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Lloyd Alter
12
Coca-Cola "evolves voluntary environmental goals"
So much for a decade's worth of promises.
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Lloyd Alter
98
Another survey confirms that boomers are clueless
They apparently think that they can drive to their suburban single family house forever.
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Lloyd Alter
46
How the Greenlash is sinking sustainability
Anything green is apparently now "a costly elitist plot against working people."
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