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Escaping the Housing Trap- Recording of Zoom discussion with Chuck Marohn of “Strong Towns”.

Housing is an investment. Investment prices must go up. Housing is shelter. When the price of shelter goes up, people experience distress. This is the housing trap. It’s time to escape.

From Building Backyard Cottages to Banning Airbnbs: A Housing Q&A

On this episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck Marohn answers housing questions submitted by Ohio State University students. The questions cover the history of the housing market, as well as backyard cottages, alternative housing arrangements, and housing finance.

Electric transportation partnership launches across West

The nonprofit Treasure Valley Clean Cities Coalition, based in Boise, Idaho, is partnering in a new multi-state collaboration that is working to identify and connect sites for electric vehicle charging stations in the West.

Wayve’s AI Self-Driving System Is Here to Drive Like a Human and Take On Waymo and Tesla

Unlike Waymo’s hybrid system of AI training with hand-coded instructions, Wayve’s AI handles the entire self-driving process, learning unsupervised to cope with the unpredictable and drive more like we do.

Electric skis: A handy speed boost on your way up the slopes

“Drawing inspiration from the ebike revolution,” E-Skimo is made by Swiss startup E-Outdoor. The system will be officially unveiled next month at CES.

Paris is replacing 60,000 parking spaces with trees

‘Our motto is, imagine that every parked car is a tree.’

SAE Working On Universal Plug & Charge System For US

Every aspect of the charging experience, including payment, happens seamlessly in the background. No credit card to swipe, no charging network authentication process to work through, and no standing in the pouring rain trying to read the customer service phone number on the charger you want to use. Sweet!

We’re Doing Net Zero All Wrong, Scientists Say

The scientists have sounded the alarm — we are adding 2 plus 2 and getting eleventy-seven. In other words, we are flying blind into the future while holding the map upside down. This is not likely to end well.

Rural Montana communities invited to participate in Reimagining Rural series 2/4,11,18 – Zoom

The program is free, but communities must apply. To apply and learn more, visit http://www.montana.edu/extension/communitydevelopment/reimagine-rural.html. 

CBS Sunday Morning – Trump’s tariffs: A tax on American consumers

It’s American consumers who would actually be opening their wallets to pay for tariffs. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Dartmouth economics professor Doug Irwin about the unintended consequences from such trade barriers.

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