A Renewable Energy Win

Stove Top 49: UCLA Medical Disaster, Tax Rates And Innovation, California Renewable Surplus

The Essentials

• 50% of some cohorts in UCLA’s medical school fail basic tests of competence.

• A one percent increase in the marginal tax rate for 90th percentile income earners decreases the number of patents and inventors by 2%. A one percent increase in the corporate tax rate causes 2.8% fewer patents and 2.3% fewer inventors.

• California’s renewable energy supply has exceeded demand for 69 of the past 75 days.

  

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The Extras

• Simple ideas can make a big difference.

• Windows Recall is the kind of thing that privacy advocates have nightmares about.

• Automakers are some of the biggest narcs alive.

• Indian democracy isn’t exactly the same thing as American democracy.

• China is ramping up military drills around Taiwan.

• Daily cannabis use in the US has overtaken drinking for the first time.

• Electric cars are twice as likely to hit pedestrians because they are usually quieter, making it harder for pedestrians to hear them and get out of the way. Seems like this can be solved by people driving better?

• There will be no human tutors in 5 years.

• In 2016, there were 7 EVs for each public charging port. Today, there are more than 20 EVs for each public charging port.

• Harvard is ditching controversy.

• Stop blaming video games for people’s crimes.