Research that Informs Business and Public Policy- One university’s attempt to reduce energy waste at work Meredith Fowlie
- The Job Creation Shuffle Severin Borenstein
- How (and who) will pay for our energy infrastructure? James Bushnell
- Football – the Ultimate Demand Side Management Program? Maximilian Auffhammer
- Can Mammograms Teach Us Something Useful about Energy Efficiency? Catherine Wolfram
- Oil price crash shows the challenge of breaking addiction Severin Borenstein
- Energy efficiency is a tough sell- Even when it is “free”! Meredith Fowlie
- Raise the Gas Tax Lucas Davis
- Maybe it’s not all just about dollars and cents Maximilian Auffhammer
- Good Energy Reading for the Beach? Catherine Wolfram
Tag Archives: natural gas
On the meaning of existence
Here at the EI blog, we don’t shy away from addressing the deep questions in energy and environmental economics. With this week’s blog, we tackle the very meaning of existence (with respect to power plants regulated under proposed greenhouse gas … Continue reading
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Tagged Clean Power Plan, CO2 emissions, greenhouse gas (GHG), natural gas
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Will coal exports abroad offset hard-won carbon reductions at home?
When President Barack Obama took office in 2009, he set a goal of cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent of 2005 levels by 2020. The graph below shows that we appear to be making progress towards meeting this … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, carbon emissions, carbon pollution, coal, greenhouse gas emissions, natural gas
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Natural gas: Not all it’s fracked up to be?
Natural gas is being touted as a “game changer” and a “bridge to a low carbon economy.” It is an abundant, made-in-America energy source. It is about half as carbon intensive as coal when burned. The figure below suggests that … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon, fracking/hydraulic fracturing, greenhouse gas (GHG), natural gas
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“We’re for Import free trade, just not Export free trade”
• For much of the last 40 years US politicians have railed against the countries of OPEC for restricting exports of oil for their own economic gain. Just 7 years ago, more than a dozen Senators, from both parties, introduced … Continue reading
In Praise of Deregulation
The American Economic Association held their annual meeting this weekend in San Diego. There were many excellent presentations on energy, but one of my favorites was by Paul Joskow on the history of deregulation in the natural gas industry.[1] Joskow’s … Continue reading
Natural Gas Shortages in Mexico
Whereas in the United States there are thousands of natural gas producers, in Mexico there is only one, Petróleos Mexicanos, also known as PEMEX. And, as is the case for many state-owned companies, the prices charged by PEMEX are government … Continue reading
N(Fracking)IMBY
The natural gas fracking debate has given rise to another interesting issue. On the one hand we like the cheap natural gas. The switch to natural gas for producing power has partially contributed to decreased emissions of global warming gases … Continue reading
