Published by Mackie Wealth on May 05, 2021
Every so often I’ll read an article on how electric cars are a nice step forward, but the real future is in hydrogen powered cars or the so called ‘hydrogen economy’. Believers in hydrogen technology state that if we can produce hydrogen from only renewable... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on Mar 31, 2020
“We don’t have any silver bullets, so we are just going to have to use a lot of lead bullets.” – to quote author Ryan Holiday from his book on stoic wisdom ‘The Obstacle is the Way’. This simple analogy fits well with where things are today in the effort... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on Jan 17, 2020
There is more to this question than someone’s irrational (or not so irrational) fear of flying. We have all heard the trite saying that ‘you are more likely to get in a car crash on the way to the airport than a plane crash on the way to your destination’... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on Nov 25, 2019
During a recent conversation with some friends, I was fascinated to hear them describe the new program that their car insurance company had rolled out. In exchange for a savings of up to 25% on their car insurance, customers are required to download a... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on Sep 29, 2019
Looking back over the last few months, as summer draws to a close, one of the events that drew the most buzz this summer was the introduction of electric scooters to Calgary’s streets. Two rival California based start-ups ‘Lime’ and ‘Bird’ introduced... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on Jun 27, 2019
The ‘Beyond Meat’ craze seems to be popping up everywhere these days. From A&W’s launch of the Beyond Meat burger last year to Tim Horton’s recent introduction of a Beyond Meat ‘sausage’ patty in their breakfast sandwich, it is hard to go a day without... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on Jun 14, 2019
My last blog on electric cars received a few comments from readers, which are always welcome. (It is nice to know that people actually read these blogs!) One reader suggested doing an analysis of whether the adoption of electric cars has an overall benefit... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on May 07, 2019
Spoiler alert — if you haven’t seen the latest Marvel Avenger’s movie “Endgame”, I’m going to give away a key element of the film… just kidding. I’ll discuss a minor detail regarding some automotive product placement and nothing to do with the actual... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on Mar 11, 2019
If you have overheard the conversational chatter among teenaged boys recently, the term ‘Fortnite’ has likely come up. They aren’t discussing two-week spans of time, but a massive online video game that might be a sleeper phenomenon for those who aren’t... Read more Published by Mackie Wealth on Dec 11, 2018
Just in time for winter – Calgary’s downtown streets littered with bright green e-bikes. I was initially skeptical of the introduction and timing of the e-bike share program that recently launched in Calgary. On October 29th, San Francisco based Lime... Read more