DOWZH, Kickoffs, and the Art of Ruining Things

DOWZH, Kickoffs, and the Art of Ruining Things

My annual predictions are always popular with Rant readers. One reason may be that I go off-road and provide an eclectic and bold set of predictions, some of which have very low odds. In 2025, I went from the baby balance bike to training wheels on the artificial...
Automobile Preferences and Adolescent Food Fights

Automobile Preferences and Adolescent Food Fights

Last week, The Wall Street Journal quietly mentioned that the transition to electric vehicles died months ago. “After the highly anticipated EV boom in the U.S. fizzled out, President Trump and Congress set out to eliminate state and federal regulations they...
The Future of Automobile Decarbonization

The Future of Automobile Decarbonization

Two weeks ago, I described the chasm before mass-market electric vehicle adoption. The chasm, as shown in Figure 1 and depicted in the EV Rant as a moat, is the gap between enthusiastic nerds and mainstream curmudgeons. I’m often among the mainstream...
The Energy Transition’s Reverse Chasm

The Energy Transition’s Reverse Chasm

In September, I wrote a series of five Rants on data centers, a concise and comprehensive collection that might just be the Data Center Digest you never knew you needed!   Chip and server power density, cooling, and projected GW load growth. Data center facilities...