The Automotive Revolution | White House Chronicle 10017

May 10, 2018 by

White House Chronicle, Show #10017
Air Date: April 27, 2018
Run Time: 29:00
Host: Llewellyn King
Guest: William Gouse, SAE International
Topic: The automotive revolution

Shutting Out Natural Gas Can Destabilize the Electric Grid

Llewellyn King

It has been an annus horribilis for the nation’s electric utility companies. Deadly storms and wildfires have left hundreds of thousands — and for short periods millions — of electricity customers without power, sometimes for days and weeks. These destructive weather events have come at a time when utilities are being squeezed from all directions: […]

British Electricity Hit Hard by Wind Failure and Gas Shortage

Llewellyn King

If you are thinking of going to Europe this winter, you might want to pack your long undies. A sweater or two as well. Europe is facing its largest energy crisis in decades. Some countries will simply have no gas for heating and electricity production. Others won’t be able to pay for the gas which […]

Down with the Boss, Up with the Gig Worker!

Llewellyn King

Napoleon didn’t deride the English as “a nation of shopkeepers,” although that phrase is commonly attributed to him. In fact, it was Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac, a French revolutionary who used it when attacking the achievements of British Prime Minister William Pitt, the Younger. I think Napoleon was too smart not to have realized that […]

Cash Is Disappearing, Stranding the Unbanked in Crisis

Llewellyn King

An assuring legend is printed on U.S. bills: “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private.” I have always been glad to know that Uncle Sam is there for me; got my back, so to speak. But for 14.1 million American adults, that statement is a lie because bills are being pushed […]