Amazon HQ2 -- Final Five + A Wildcard -- July 29, 2018

This is from USA Today, April 30, 2018:

Three betting sites.

British online betting site Oddsmakers:

• Virginia
• Austin
• Boston
• DC
• Atlanta

Irish bookie site PaddyPower:

• Boston
• Austin
• Atlanta
• Montgomery Co., Maryland
• Pittsburgh

Canada's Bovada betting site:

• Virginia
• Austin
• Boston
• DC
• Atlanta

Toronto gaining popularity at the Canadian betting site.

My two cents worth: it will be in northeast US, not Texas. Texas is a great site for fulfillment centers and tech support, but Austin is not a financial or political center.

Austin makes all three lists, but DC makes only two lists. Boston makes all three lists, and is a financial center. With 25 universities and colleges in the Boston area, I think Boston is a no-brainer for a corporate headquarters. Atlanta, also, makes all three lists, but I just don't see it.

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Energy Demand By Source

Coal isn't going away.

Crude oil will continue to grow.

Renewables will really grow, but remember: renewable energy includes hydroelectric power.

Nuclear power doesn't grow much either. And then this, US nuclear power industry on verge of collapse, July 12, 2018.

It's hard to read, but I do believe the rate of growth of natural gas is actually steeper than renewable energy in the out-years.