The Downside of All Those Black Friday Sales
Remember last year when everybody flipped out about how the astoundingly huge holiday sales figures proved that the U.S. economy was leaning into a bullish comeback?
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Remember last year when everybody flipped out about how the astoundingly huge holiday sales figures proved that the U.S. economy was leaning into a bullish comeback?
The Consumer Electronics Show attracts a particularly nerdy audience, but it is its booth professionals -- we've opted to adopt this less patronizing term pioneered by car blog Jalopnik -- that gives us insight into the bizarre fantasies of the tech obsessed among us.
Despite increased efficiency, U.S. households use roughly the same amount of total energy as in 1978
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