Toyota executives like fuel cell technology for zero-emission pickups
A hydrogen pickup would have bigger towing ranges and a fuel-like gasoline truck, Toyota executives say.
Cadillac could keep selling gas vehicles past 2030 all-EV goal
GM’s luxury brand has said it aims to have an all-EV portfolio by the end of the decade, but Cadillac’s global vice president said electric and gasoline models “will coexist for a number of years.”
Honda plants 85,000 trees outside factories in Ohio
The initiative will increase biodiversity in the region near three of Honda’s operations and will help the automaker get closer to its carbon neutrality goal.
How to help your loved one navigate the costs of dementia care
By Kate Ashford | NerdWallet
People with dementia who live in long-term care facilities are spending a significant portion of their income each month on care, according to an October 2023 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA). The study found that the median adult with dementia in an assisted living facility spent nearly all of their income (97%) each month on care, and those with dementia living in nursing homes spent 83% of their income each month on care.
Currently, there are nearly 7 million Americans who are living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia, says Monica Moreno, the senior director of care and support for the Alzheimer’s Association, a nonprofit that provides support and advocacy for those affected by Alzheimer’s disease. “We also know that with Alzheimer’s disease, we are talking about a progressive disease that has no cure.”
Consequently, as the disease advances, people need more care, and the burden of how to provide that care — and pay for it — often falls to their families.
DeSantis sticks a fork into making or selling lab meat in Florida
TALLAHASSEE — There will be no slabs of lab-grown meat for sale in Florida.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law Wednesday that bans cultivating, marketing or selling meat grown from animal cells. Violators would face second-degree misdemeanor charges and 60 days in jail.
“Today, Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs to achieve their authoritarian goals,” DeSantis said in a news release. “Our administration will continue to focus on investing in our local farmers and ranchers, and we will save our beef.”
The World Economic Forum has stated that people will have to turn to biotechnology and other alternative sources of protein to meet the needs of a growing population and combat climate change.
“Biotechnology holds solutions to both, but we are far from fully realizing its potential to deliver on the green transition,” the agency said in a report in January 2023.
Scientists say 783 million people worldwide are facing food insecurity, a problem that will grow as the population approaches 10 billion by 2050.