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The Last Optimist
The Manhattan Institute
53 episodes
6 months ago
The Last Optimist is hosted by Mark P. Mills—author, businessman, physicist, contributing editor to the City Journal, and distinguished senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation—and features discussions about inventing our future. Mark's latest book is “The Cloud Revolution: How The Convergence of Emerging Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s.
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The Last Optimist is hosted by Mark P. Mills—author, businessman, physicist, contributing editor to the City Journal, and distinguished senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation—and features discussions about inventing our future. Mark's latest book is “The Cloud Revolution: How The Convergence of Emerging Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s.
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The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 3 No Salvation from Magic Battery Tech
The Last Optimist
43 minutes
2 years ago
The Impossible Dream of EVs for Everyone: Part 3 No Salvation from Magic Battery Tech
The ubiquitous clickbait headline about some new battery innovation that “changes everything” is just that; clickbait. The underlying realities of energy physics and electrical engineering determine the usefully foreseeable future and it’s not one with EVs cheaper, better and universal.



  • Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Impossible Dream, Manhattan Institute Policy Paper, July 2023.
The Last Optimist
The Last Optimist is hosted by Mark P. Mills—author, businessman, physicist, contributing editor to the City Journal, and distinguished senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation—and features discussions about inventing our future. Mark's latest book is “The Cloud Revolution: How The Convergence of Emerging Technologies Will Unleash the Next Economic Boom and a Roaring 2020s.