The proliferation of Tesla patents of electric powertrains will lead to a more standard electric car market. Batteries will become standardized and allow for universal electric charging stations. This advent will encourage more people to buy electric. Within the next ten years we will see transportation start to shift away from the petro standard we have had since the inception of the automobile.
Photo by RadiumOne 6. Gurbaksh Chahal Chahal was born in Punjab, India in 1982. He and his family moved to San Jose, California, through obtaining a Visa from a Diversity Immigrant Visa Program known as the Green Card Lottery in 1986. They reportedly entered the U.S. with only $25. After dropping out of high school…
Photo by Drriss & Marrionn 5. Memphis, Tennessee With a population of 655,000, Memphis is the largest city in Tennessee as well as the largest city on the Mississippi River. It has been in the top 10 dirtiest cities in the US for a number of years. The median income for a household in the…
The United States is following the trajectory of the great empires of the past: A rapid rise lead by men of integrity and vision, followed by a period of wealth which encourages a softness of both thinking and character, and finally the inevitable decline caused by a lack of discipline and will. It is a…
Photo by Zoriah In France before Christmas, attacks in which cars were used as battering rams against crowds amid shouts of “Allahu akbar” were said by French authorities to be unconnected with each other. Yet Muslim violence in France has clearly been out of control for years. Just look at the repeated Islamic pogroms against…
Photo by Web Summit 6. Gavin Andresen Gavin Andresen is a Amherst, Massachusetts-based chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation and one of the leading men behind the Cryptocurrency Revolution. He has access to the alert key that allows him to broadcast messages about critical network problems to all clients. A cryptocurrency is a medium of…
Brick and mortar retailers have long complained that state and local sales taxes put them at a disadvantage against Internet-based retailers. When a resident of La Mirada California buys from a local store, they pay a 10% sales tax on their purchase. This includes sales taxes from the city of La Mirada, the county of…