Matthew Lewis

Economist, frisbee and bicycle enthusiast. I tweet about economics, #ottbike and baseball mostly.

[Matthew Lewis @thepricesignal]

Here are my ranked prescriptions for improving transportation related outcomes

1. Promote biking, walking and livable neighbourhoods with dedicated infrastructure and road closures

2. Electrify vehicles

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Last. Disparage EVs thinking they are no better than ICE vehicles

[Matthew Lewis @thepricesignal]

@bpellerin Burgers cheaper in real terms is what I got from that

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This is (potentially) the first infrastructure boom that has increasing returns to scale as opposed to decreasing returns to scale. #AI is not like canals, railroads or telecom

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

In 1932, a survey of the contiguous United States turned up 69 trumpeter swans. It was yet another species sitting right at the edge of extinction.

Hunting had done most of the damage. The Hudson's Bay Company alone marketed an estimated 108,000 swan skins between 1823 and 1880, the feathers destined for hats and powder puffs, the primary flight feathers prized as writing quills.

By the early 1900s, the species was gone from virtually its entire historic range, which had once stretched from Alaska to Indiana and south to Texas and California.

What saved them first was a patch of remote hot springs in southwestern Montana, where year-round open water allowed a small remnant population to survive.

President Roosevelt established the Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in 1935 specifically to protect it. Then, in the 1950s, aerial surveys of Alaska revealed several thousand more trumpeters in remote habitat nobody had checked. The gene pool was larger than anyone knew.

Restoration programs began moving birds from Red Rock Lakes and Alaska eggs into their former range across the Midwest. Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio. The work took decades and involved state agencies, zoos, private breeders, and a nonprofit founded in 1968 specifically for the purpose.

The North American trumpeter swan population now stands at over 63,000 birds.

[United Chargers @UnitedChargers]

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[Matthew Lewis @thepricesignal]

@karaokecomputer @norabf @grok what are their hot takes and analysis ?

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@RichardDias_CFA @mikalskuterud It's ok, every one has a narrative/bias. The data presented here drives conflicting ones. Choose your own adventure.

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@mikalskuterud @RichardDias_CFA It goes against the narrative of economic doomerism for Canada.

[Matthew Lewis @thepricesignal]

@bataille_chris The Kia EV9 is a 3 row 7 seater available today in Canada. I've been driving once since October, no regrets!

[Matthew Lewis @thepricesignal]

@moebius_strip @Charles13681368 Happened to me after I fell skiing and hit my helmeted head. Woke up with vertigo that faded, but it would recur. Doctor checked me out and through head movements, she was able to trigger the vertigo in the exam room. She prescribed Epley maneuver and it cleared it up.

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@SaffronOlive Did you know there is a notorious cheater in bass fishing named Mike Long?

https://t.co/jTpeaTUnHs

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@Fiat_iceberg

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Thank you for heeding my call @Lordhuron! See you in Ottawa

[Matthew Lewis @thepricesignal]

@LordHuron dear Lord Huron, are you coming to Bluesfest in Ottawa this summer? From your fan, Matt

[Dr. Mike P. Moffatt 🇨🇦🏅🏅 @MikePMoffatt]

New piece. The middle-class housing crisis harms the economy, social cohesion, and society writ large.

That's not opinion: That's backed by 30+ academic studies. We bring receipts.

How Canada’s Middle-Class Housing Crisis Is Undermining Its Future

https://t.co/SQiRNsLZMw

[Matthew Lewis @thepricesignal]

@TheELongWave Check out how the euro did after the financial crisis with less stimulus than Canada.

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@TheELongWave Without intervention, the trend line might have been much lower. The stimulus helped to prevent worse outcomes than were realized.

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@neilcybart My mistake, I didn’t read ‘Americans’ when you said ´People’.

Regarding EV adoption trajectories, the old ones underestimated uptake but the latest ones have had to scale back expectations. 10 years ago, I would have been shocked at the uptake of EVs of the last 5 years.

[Matthew Lewis @thepricesignal]

@ronmortgageguy This video does not match the tweet.

[United Chargers @UnitedChargers]

Its not just about cents per kWh you get, if you plan to get rich by charging your car, that will not happen! no matter 5 cents or 10 cents you get.
What matters is:
1. Good Hardware and selection. Made in Canada - for some Canadians and I hope for many - it sis the major factor.
2. Lifetime warranty - dont worry about your charger anymore.
3. Local support! That is very important as your car would not drive not charged.
4. Good app - so you can control your charger
5. Free charger
6. Cents per kWh and HOW THEY PAID OUT!

So on all 6 points Grizzl-E Club is the best overall:
1. Industry celebrated 5 year sin a row bet Home EV charger of the year. Selection of 5 different chargers. Canada made (The ONLY one)
2. Only one to provide lifetime warranty
3. We have dedicated Club supoport live in Toronto
4. Best Home charging app on the market with amazing schedule
5. Actually free charger. $100 deposit you get back with first charging session, literally in a week time form ordering.
6. Stable and predictable growth of your cash back. IMMEDIATE payout initiated by YOU at any time.
You can bet on it. Unlike others.

Join the club: https://t.co/q8UwgfnkSz to get your per kWh payout grow sooner!

The choice is yours.
I bet tomorrow another scam company goes to market offering 15 cents, 20 cents - would you all run there and get scammed? Cashback is important but its not everything, it is 30% of the whole deal.