When, in 1950, Miles Davis announced the Birth of the Cool, nobody really believed him. Air-conditioning was still big and noisy.
Entries Tagged as 'Cars'
Death and rebirth of the cool
August 26th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Cars · Consumerism · Culture · Irony · Climate Change · Technology
The car and the tax
August 9th, 2009 1 Comment
A comment to the last post challenged me with a question. Could a sustainable tax shift work in Brazil? The author referred to an example cited in Lester Brown’s Plan B: a cut in labor taxes followed by an increase in energy-related tariffs. Genius, said the commentator.
I respond stating that sustainable taxation is a powerful [...]
Tags: Banks · Brazil · Cars · Europe · Government · Lester Brown · Rio Grande do Sul
