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Energy & Society
http://energysociety.blogspot.com/
Energy & Society deals with topics such as energy and climate change (especially pricing mechanisms for CO2), electricity market design, energy and development, and various other economic and social issues relating to energy.
- Added on: Jan 18th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: avesuni
- Listed in: Society Economics
- Tags: climate change energy co2 energy policy energy economics electricity markets
Recent Posts
Princes of Denmark
I was on the plane this morning. My favorite moment is always the point when the plane shoots through the clouds. Beyond the clouds, you get the divine view of this planet; and it's a beautiful planet.It amazes me how few people still understand that...
On Discount Rates
RFF has published an article by Cameron Hepburn who confuses pure rate of time preference with consumption discount rate. It's troubling that this confusion still keeps popping up among academics. Hepburn says:In contrast to Stern’s prescriptive ap...
Self-fulfilling Prophecies
Angela Merkel on Friday:It is realistic to say that in Copenhagen we will not be able to conclude a treatyGuardian, yesterday:"Nobody thinks we will get a full treaty," said a spokesman for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (UK)...Lars Lø...
While waiting for the results from the vote on Waxman-Markey
Read this posting by the Earth Institute's blog about turning CO2 into a solid carbonate. Having the first large-scale demonstration facility come online in September is a huge thing. Let's hope it works.Who wants some limestone?...
Message from Detroit to Capitol Hill
Jim Oberstar, the chairman of US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has proposed a higher fuel tax, making many Democrats nervous about what is "too much" in these difficult times. Obama also opposes the tax hike. I'm inclined to quest...
People who get us into trouble
I found this latest piece by Robert J. Samuelson via Paul Krugman, who nails some of the most disturbing fallacies in the column:I don’t think there’s a single thing there that’s right. What on earth do business cycles have to do with it? The m...
