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What do record natural gas prices tell us about cost risks of fossil and renewable energy? Much of the US and Europe are breathing a collective sigh of relief as … Continue Reading The West Coast’s Bleak Energy Winter
A look at how artificial intelligence will interact with our efforts to deal with climate change. I will remember 2022 as a breakthrough moment for artificial intelligence (AI). I have … Continue Reading Can ChatGPT Save the Planet?
As new subsidies spur companies to invest in carbon capture and storage, policies need to address associated harms. The path to enacting the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) went through Senator … Continue Reading Carbon Capture’s Role in a Greenhouse Gas-Free Electricity Grid
Peer effects in EV adoption. Obsessing over cool new gadgets, clothes, movies, music, and books has kept many a conversation going. In the classroom we still teach an economic model … Continue Reading Cool Car, (Wo)Man!
A new study finds a large household response to electricity prices in the long run. The law of demand is as close as we economists get to an immutable law … Continue Reading Who (Besides the EI Blog) Pays Attention to Electricity Prices?
A new paper suggests Carbon Dioxide causes thrice the damages previously used by the US government. The third floor of the newly seismically retrofitted Giannini Hall at Berkeley is an … Continue Reading More Boo In CO2
New research finds that timing matters for standards and subsidies. Light bulbs were back in the news last month, with the Department of Energy announcing new tighter U.S. rules for … Continue Reading Did CFL Subsidies Crowd Out LED Purchases?
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