Reading Lists

Reading List 11/7/2026

Florida’s property tax rollback, projected PCB shortages, the end of Tesla’s Cybertruck, the lack of progress in carbon storage, and more.

Nov 7 • Brian Potter

Reading List 10/31/26

Space fiber optic cable manufacturing, nuclear district heating, Spain’s high-speed rail crash, China’s spaceplane, and more.

Oct 31 • Brian Potter

Reading List 10/24/26

Minimum lot sizes, Boeing’s next 737 MAX, Fervo short sellers, Figure AI’s training data, and more.

Oct 24 • Brian Potter

Reading List 10/17/26

Icon’s fundraising, employment in China’s solar industry, grid-scale battery reliability, Tesla’s flying roadster, and more.

Oct 17 • Brian Potter

Reading List 10/10/26

Propane in air conditioners, Anduril making submarine parts, nuclear reactors on the moon, the robotic hand landscape, and more.

Oct 10 • Brian Potter

Reading List 2026-10-03

A Senate permitting reform bill, the potential of Tesla’s Cybercab, the Navy’s $200 billion worth of shipyard renovations, returning a SR-71 to service…

Oct 3 • Brian Potter

Reading List 2026-09-26

ASML’s lack of European sales, a California distributed power plant, Starlink as a planetary barometer, and more.

Sep 26 • Brian Potter

Reading List 09/19/2026

AirBnB’s housing accelerator, rising steel prices, a resurgence of US coal power, low-head dams, and more.

Sep 19 • Brian Potter

Reading List — 09/12/2026

City permitting speeds, more efficient ground source heat pump drilling, an Amazon Air crash in Miami, cooling paint, and more.

Sep 12 • Brian Potter

Reading List - 09/05/2026

SpaceX’s turbine blade factory, Fervo’s deal with Google, Delhi’s cheap metro, why recycling is overrated, and more.

Sep 5 • Brian Potter

Reading List 08/29/26

Sinking London homes, US magnesium manufacturing, the World Humanoid Robot games, catastrophic flooding in Nepal, and more.

Aug 29 • Brian Potter

Reading List 08/22/26

Los Angeles’ ADUs, electrical transformer manufacturing, gas turbine power plants, how water in the Colorado River is used, and more.

Aug 22 • Brian Potter

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