On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"The world of self-help is relentlessly focused on discipline, but the amount of discipline life requires is directly proportional to the quality of one’s family and friends."
(Brett and Kate McKay)
Autos
- Excessive speed played a role in the rise in traffic fatalities during pandemic. (bloomberg.com)
- GM ($GM) and Honda ($HMC) are working together to build affordable EVs. (cnbc.com)
- There is a difference between driving and monitoring. (axios.com)
- How speed affects gas mileage. (wired.com)
Transport
- Would a Spirit-JetBlue merger provide real competition against the big four airlines? (nytimes.com)
- Why smaller transit agencies have a leg up when it comes to electrifying their fleets. (curbed.com)
- Google-owned Wing has begun delivering items from Walgreens and a few other partners. (axios.com)
- Walmart ($WMT) is raising pay for truck drivers. (wsj.com)
Energy
- Wind and solar now make up some 10% of global energy production. (fastcompany.com)
- Oil and gas companies could get a lot greener by reducing methane emissions. (gizmodo.com)
- Competition for LNG is going to be fierce the next few years. (nytimes.com)
- How to make steel with hydrogen and renewable energy instead of coal. (apnews.com)
Building
- The U.S. could be doing more to build energy-efficient buildings. (bloomberg.com)
- A new drywall that uses no gypsum is better for the environment. (bloomberg.com)
Environment
- Just how well are the risk of rising sea levels incorporated into home prices? (bloomberg.com)
- Why 'managed retreat' doesn't have a great ring to it. (slate.com)
- How Sweden only sends 1% of its waste the landfills. (reasonstobecheerful.world)
- Methane emissions surged in 2021. (axios.com)
Science
- Can mushrooms talk to each other? (the-scientist.com)
- Long term space travel comes with the risk of bone loss. (newatlas.com)
- Humans will have to adapt to more than just higher temperatures. (psyche.co)
Behavior
- Devyn Greenberg, "Grief is an experience with no road map." (washingtonpost.com)
- An excerpt on friendship from "Plays Well with Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong" by Eric Barker. (bakadesuyo.com)
- Multitasking is one reason why we are forgetting more stuff. (wsj.com)
Food
- Making outdoor dining permanent is harder than it looks. (wsj.com)
- Napa Valley is running out of room for vineyards. (wsj.com)
- On the practical limits facing vertical farms. (nytimes.com)
- Why there is a sunflower oil shortage. (newscientist.com)
- How to read food labels these days. (wsj.com)
Media
- The Warner Bros. Discovery era is here. (variety.com)
- Why Netflix ($NFLX) should sell ads. (stratechery.com)
- "The success of diginets is often overlooked by the media business." (variety.com)
- How streaming is becoming more like cable. (theverge.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: still ongoing. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Personal finance links: goals and circumstances. (abnormalreturns.com)
- April ESG links: emerging risks. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Are you a financial adviser looking for some out-of-the-box thinking? Then check out our weekly e-mail newsletter. (newsletter.abnormalreturns.com)
