I find those polls so strange. No one ever said "Joe Biden is very popular among people who love Joe Biden."

I've never actually been inside one, but I'm glad to hear it's as good as it looks!

This is why my dream car is an electric Mazda 5. Shorter length than a RAV4, huge trunk, low hood, and sliding door. www.carsized.com/en-us/cars/c...

Yeah. You'd be only comparing results within each wave if you have wave FE, which means they all have the same treatment (salience of thing).

Do you have any idea why data centers with on-site generation are usually building natural gas instead of solar+battery? (Genuine question, not trying to be snarky).

I love these before and after pics when cars get removed from a street. I’d love to buy a big print with one or more, or a coffee table book. Anyone have a link for one?

I don't have any strong opinion about the size of the effect. It probably is pretty small. And I think it's a really good idea because nominal incomes generally go up a lot over a person's life.

I think there's an asymmetry because if rates had gone down then people would refinance (assuming they're still allowed to do that).

Say I took out a 500k mortgage in 2021 at 3%. If payments are flat, then I owe about 430k in 2026. If payments are small at first and then grow, then in 2026 I owe more, say 450k. The bank is worse off with more debt outstanding at the low rate.

The banks would care a bit if we still allowed prepayment with no penalties, right? It would give the borrower more flexibility so it must be worse for the banks. I agree with your general point that it sounds like a good idea though. At least index the payments to inflation.

I agree with almost all of this except for putting space heating along with cement, air travel, etc. Heat pumps work pretty well.

*** sees a 7 year old airball badly *** I guess it's literally impossible to make a basket.

I can do a guest lecture in undergraduate economics - intermediate micro, principles, labor, game theory, or environmental econ.

This is about party ID, not congressional ballot (they are closely related though). The question asked was, "In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or an independent? As of today, do you lean more to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?"

This paper looks interesting, and I will save it to read later. Do you discuss other assets like real estate or art?

Don't worry, this would be not be read as strange at all. Everyone understands that you have multiple balls in the air at the same time.

When I taught principles of micro I spent a little time explaining how to convert budget numbers to per capita, with the same motivation. Instead of $6 billion, about $18 per person in the US.

I see, thanks!

If I were a referee I'd ask to see the results compared to the S&P 500. Everything would probably look similar because they find large magnitudes in their main specification.

The average Waymo robotaxi completes more trips per day than 99% of Uber drivers, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says Waymo's self-driving cars are more productive in terms of daily trips than nearly all of Uber's drivers in Atlanta and Austin, Dara Khosrowshahi said.

Interesting, I didn’t know that. This article does says that a Waymo drives more miles per day than 99% of Ubers, but I guess 20 hours/day is not realistic: www.businessinsider.com/uber-earning...

They can also operate 20+ hours a day and they already have way fewer accidents per mile, saving a ton on insurance (whether self-insured or through 3rd party). But I don’t know what the price will be. I’m saying if the price is low, some people will not own a private car.

I actually think that’s a pretty good reason to expect it might be different. Notice I’m not saying there will be fewer miles driven, just that some people will shift from private ownership to self-driven taxi.

Yes, Waymo has said they hope to license the tech to be sold in private cars, but self-driving taxis will exist also.

I’m not making any predictions of what Waymo or zoox will cost per mile, but if it’s not much more than privately owned cars maybe some people will ditch the car (especially a 2-car household dropping to 1).

Why can’t we put all of the data centers in west Texas and just use solar+batteries? How much extra would things cost if we did that? Good luck with the baby!

Raising the Panels for Cattle Grazing (ASGA Call 78) - American Solar Grazing Association How do you make solar arrays cattle proof and what does cattle grazing under solar panels look like now?

Very cool! And there’s at least a little work being done with cows: solargrazing.org/raising-the-...

I’ve read about putting solar panels above canals or certain crops. Solar panels above grazing land?

What is the difference between involuntary euthanasia and murder? They're both just killing somebody who doesn't want to be killed.

I agree, but also want to consider "demand" to include demand for alternate uses, like seating for cafes, protected bike lanes, sidewalk trees, etc. If there's no demand for any of those things then maybe we can have parking for cars.

Not just the parking spaces. We should be charging drivers rent on the travel lanes too. They're using way more space than people who walk, use transit, etc.