Does carbon capture and storage with limestone make sense?
No, it would make more sense just to give everyone an electric car.
In the future, everything will be a drive-through
The world will end up with two classes: those with cars and those without.
New studies find SUVs and pickups with high flat fronts are 45% more likely to kill.
The IIHS calls for automakers to "take a hard look at the height and shape of their SUVs and pickups.” We call for regulation.
It's America Recycles Day!
My favourite holiday is a shadow of its former self.
Hearables just keep getting better and better
Hearing aids connect me to my family and to the world.
Sidewalks should be designed for people, not cars
The reconstruction of a Toronto street highlights the problem with "standards."
Death to skeuomorphism!
Making things look like something they are not costs us money, carbon, and, when it comes to vehicles, even lives.
BONUS: What happened to WeWork?
A lot of people are blaming the pandemic, but others worried about it earlier. Here's an article I wrote in early 2019.
The end of work
Elon Musk says artificial intelligence will replace all our jobs. He is not the first to make this kind of prediction.
Lessons from Livermore's 2022 Energy Consumption Chart
It's not actually about energy but measures heat, and it's not pretty this year.
An alternative vision of transportation, from my Dad
He believed that freight and people shouldn't mix on the roads. He was right.
Preservation is climate action
We are no longer just trying to save the past; we’re trying to save the future. We are part of a larger movement
Everyone is talking about E-bikes these days
And why not? They can help reduce emissions, congestion, and budgets.
Pedestrian safety is not a two-way street
Complaining about people walking while wearing a hoodie or AirPods is like complaining about people walking while old.
On Simplicity (and Thomas Heatherwick)
The designer thinks our buildings are too flat, plain, and straight. He's wrong, we need more of what he calls boring.
Why our cities are becoming a corporate monoculture
Thoughts on a Tim Hortons moving into our neighbourhood
Imagine these houses with acrylic stucco and vinyl windows
An economist says there is an "emissions gap" caused by regulations for historic districts. He's not looking at the bigger picture.
Why heritage preservation is climate action
Why we fight to save existing buildings and stop the construction of new useless and frivolous ones.
Small CLT is Beautiful: A different model for mass timber
Timber Age goes to the forest and harvests trees that might otherwise burn.
What happens when we get a clean slate? We write the same thing again
A depressing visit to the Marshall Fire reconstruction shows we have learned nothing.