Yep, that is a key take-away. He's going to make energy more expensive by moving away from fossil fuel. Germany did this & we can use it as a case study. Phased out coal & nuclear & increased renewables, total generation decline so imports more natural gas or 71% of energy supply
Germany's choice: more renewables, less nuclear (actually pretty clean & accidents rare but highly publicised kind of like airplane crash vs car crahses) & defo less coal.
But guess what? It IMPORTS more FOSSIL FUEL by doing this & increase dependency on Russia natural gas.
Germany's choice:
*By 2022, close the remaining nuclear power plants (clean & cheap source of energy)
*By 2030, rely on renewable energy sources for 65% of total.
I'm watching the debate & so far the moderator is being pretty fair & the whole shut-down thing is great.
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Who is she? She's great! I think she's way more fair than that other moderator at the other debate. I'm cheering for the moderator! :-) Trump has more self-control & on point than the last debate & it's so far very civil.
Biden says Rudy Giuliani is a Russian pawn? Wuat??? Seriously! He's losing the plot.
This story should be the most read as the USA is in the middle of a national emergency: public schools closed & so it impacts the disadvantaged the most.
Parents that can have pulled their kids to private school. Imagine ur child in front of zoom all day long. Horrible.
"9-year-old Lucas grew increasingly angry, frustrated and despondent sitting in front of a computer for his classwork, his outbursts frequent and gut-wrenching. They pulled Lucas from his shuttered San Francisco public school & placed him in a reopened private school."
“Our educational system is off in a corner somewhere staring at its navel, completely disconnected from the community,” said Thompson, adding that he’s a lifelong public school proponent. “This is like a crashing airplane and the pilot is not saying anything."
Not quite: electric cars by definition needs electricity & let's look on where Hong Kong gets its electricity from:
Coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy. Lama Power Station of HEC & Castle Peak Power Station of CLP are the two power plants that generate electricity by coal.
May I add buy prime land like coastal California. You can always count on the politicians + residents to be voting for more regulations to limit supply. How do I know? I'm from California & invest their. A good call so far.
With the government inept, local & national, & with lock-downs introduced as gov couldn't prevent a pandemic & shuts down local economic activities, people INVEST more in real estate as it's the only place they can control.
But if you think humans are rational, u're wrong.
While the land & property owners are rational & lobby properly & the politicians act accordingly with adding more regulations to limit access to lower supply & raise prices, the people NOT owning property CONSISTENTLY ACT AGAINST THEIR OWN INTERESTS.
Watch direct investment by Singaporean firms (also Japanese, Taiwanese & South Koreans). They understand Asia and usually ahead of the game. The Singaporeans bought up Vietnam real estate at the height of the crisis circa 2011-2012 & got some good deals & that was a good call.
The question we have to ask is that whether Indonesia could ever be a story that is not just domestic demand but rather one that is rising in participation of global value chain and more outward.
When was the last time you bought something that is Made in Indonesia?
Elephant in the room is India (a sleepy giant in term of FDI but more awake than Indonesia). India is a favorite for portfolio investors (see valuation of equities and also even bonds). That said, needs to be more outward.
When was the last time u bought something Made in India?