Opinion: Electric Aircraft May Have More Potential Than We Thought

David Fickling, Bloomberg | Monday January 22, 2024

Batteries are doing such a great job replacing petroleum in car engines that it's natural to think they might do the same in the skies.

Opinion: The Year's Worst Climate News You Haven't Heard About

David Fickling, Bloomberg | Tuesday December 26, 2023

It was a year when the world experienced its hottest 12 months on record.

Opinion: India Is Encouraging The Heatwaves That Will Cripple It

David Fickling, Bloomberg | Tuesday April 11, 2023

Back in 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the country would install 175 gigawatts of wind, solar, and small-scale hydro power by the end of last year. In practice, the country fell roughly 31% short.

Opinion: India's Heatwaves Are Testing The Limits Of Human Survival

Ruth Pollard and David Fickling, Bloomberg | Wednesday May 04, 2022

New Delhi feels like it is on fire. The heat comes off the road in blistering waves, and the water that flows from the cold tap is too hot to touch. Daytime temperatures have hit 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit).

Opinion: The Pandemic Will Be More Deadly This Year - Look At India

David Fickling, Bloomberg | Tuesday April 20, 2021

Covid-19 is going to kill more people in 2021 than it did last year. If you want to see why, look at what's happening in India.

Opinion: How Saudi Arabia Can Thrive In A Post-Oil World

David Fickling, Bloomberg | Tuesday April 06, 2021

On the face of it, no country has more to lose from the transition away from fossil fuels than Saudi Arabia. Before the discovery of oil, it barely existed as a nation.

Opinion: Google And Facebook Lose A Battle To Win The War

David Fickling, Bloomberg | Thursday February 18, 2021

When prospectors made what was the biggest oil discovery in history at Texas' Spindletop well in 1901, the world's premier oil monopolist was absent from the scene. Standard Oil Co., a decade away from being split up in an antitrust suit, was content to sit back and let smaller local rivals establish themselves.

Opinion: Jet Airways Could Be Dangerous Buy For Tata Sons

David Fickling, Bloomberg | Friday November 16, 2018

Jet Airways has built up a substantial position in country's domestic aviation market.

Opinion: As Trump Attacks China On Currency Policy, India Largely Spared

David Fickling, Bloomberg | Monday October 22, 2018

What's more notable is what wasn't said in the report, which tends to reflect how geopolitical considerations end up trumping raw economics.

Opinions: Why Toyota And Suzuki Need Each Other In India: Foreign Media

David Fickling, Bloomberg View | Thursday October 13, 2016

The world's biggest carmaker is a bit player in a country that's forecast to become the third-biggest auto market by 2020.