We may not have a federal budget, we may not have a state budget (Michigan), but what do we have? The bankruptcy of sub-prime auto-lender First Brands, following on the heels of the bankruptcy of sub-prime auto-lender Tricolor Holdings.
Yep, this is one way to run an economy and a nation. #economics #autodependency #subprime
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-auto-bankruptcies-show-rising-credit-pain-low-income-households-2025-09-30/

Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
The extraction-transition nexus

"We’re not really in an energy transition as it is popularly understood. What we’re in is a period of major energy addition, in which both fossil fuels and renewable sources are growing at a rapid clip."

"The sheer power of multinational companies means there’s an asymmetric relation between them and their host states. The more important question becomes: why are we experiencing such a boom and such a rush around the inputs for the green transition? Evidently the main driver of demand for, say, lithium, is electric vehicles. But that raises the further question: is there a way to organize the decarbonization of transport without reproducing auto dependency? The real challenge we face is to avoid reproducing our current, entrenched habits via green technology."
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Thea Riofrancos, The Extracted Earth, Interview by Thomas Meaney, Granta, 2024
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53e8fd0ee4b065351ce13257/t/66914a817609a817b6b4fbc8/1720797825910/The+Extracted+Earth+_+Thea+Riofrancos+_+Granta.pdf

Book: Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
http://www.theariofrancos.com/extraction
#energy #mining #extractivism #lithium #extraction #frontiers #transportation #cars #EV #AutoDependency #transition #FossilFuels #MoreandMore #harm #MobilityDesign #FutureMade in #Australia #renewables #ClimateExtremes #IndigenousPeoples