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16 January 2025

Gernot WagnerKorrents 16 Jan 2025

From one piece Gernot Wagner 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Cutting the Department of Energy's loan program would hurt US competitiveness.

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While some Republicans and members of Donald Trump's incoming administration want to cut this program, doing so would only hurt US competitiveness.

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Trends in science, economics, and local politics indicate that the US climate policy pendulum will swing back in due course.

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Nonetheless, even as the US government moves in the wrong direction, trends in science, economics, and increasingly local politics indicate that the pendulum will swing back in due course.

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Clean-energy technologies possess decisive physical advantages over alternatives.

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Clean-energy technologies still have decisive physical advantages over the alternatives, and economic common sense will eventually win out.

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9 November 2024

Gernot WagnerKorrents 9 Nov 2024

From one piece Gernot Wagner 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Donald Trump's efforts to halt the low-carbon transition may be futile regarding solar, wind, and other low-carbon technologies.

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Trump's efforts to halt the low-carbon transition may be even more futile when it comes to solar, wind, and other low-carbon technologies.

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Donald Trump's victory ensures that the United States will remain a laggard in the global green industrial expansion for some time.

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The US is a laggard, and Trump's victory all but ensures that it will remain one for some time to come.

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Any attempt by Donald Trump to obstruct the electric vehicle transition is bound to fail due to the physics of efficiency.

physicselectric vehicles

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Thus, basis physics dictates that any attempt by Trump to stand in the way of the EV transition is bound to fail.

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8 August 2024

Gernot WagnerKorrents 8 Aug 2024

From one piece Gernot Wagner 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Solar is currently the cheapest source of electricity ever and is expected to become even cheaper.

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In fact, solar is now the cheapest source of electricity ever - yes, even accounting for the fact that the sun doesn't shine at night - and it is bound to become even cheaper.

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The key to successful and politically sustainable climate policy is ensuring that benefits precede costs.

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the key to a successful, politically sustainable climate policy is to ensure that the benefits precede the costs.

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2 May 2024

Gernot WagnerKorrents 2 May 2024

From one piece Gernot Wagner 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Nothing short of a clean-energy revolution will turn the climate ship around.

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Nothing short of a clean-energy revolution, complete with clean transport systems and industry, will turn the climate ship around.

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Achieving net-zero emissions requires trillions of dollars in investment that will add to economic growth.

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Moreover, achieving net-zero emissions requires trillions of dollars in investment, which will add to, not subtract from, economic growth.

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Averting climate catastrophe requires economic growth.

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Staving off climate catastrophe will require more growth, not because ever-increasing GDP - itself a fundamentally inadequate metric - is the end goal, but because it is the result of cutting emissions fast enough.

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5 April 2024

Gernot WagnerKorrents 5 Apr 2024

From one piece Gernot Wagner 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Punitive tariffs that raise electric vehicle prices and reduce competition are counterproductive.

tariffselectric vehicles

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But a punitive tariff that raises the prices of EVs and reduces competition is counterproductive.

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A subsidy race combined with stronger carbon pricing efforts is superior to a tariff war.

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A subsidy race, together with stronger efforts at pricing carbon dioxide emissions, is vastly superior to a tariff war.

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10 August 2023

Gernot WagnerKorrents 10 Aug 2023

From one piece Gernot Wagner 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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The focus of policy should be on integrating cheaper solar and wind power to force changes in fossil fuel operations.

solar

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Broadly speaking, the focus should be on pushing cheaper solar and wind power into the system, as that will force coal- and gas-plant operators' hands.

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State-level utility commissions may use CCS mandates and subsidies to maintain coal-plant profitability.

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When faced with new CCS mandates and accompanying subsidies, they may simply see an opportunity to maintain coal-plant profitability for longer.

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US policymakers may unintentionally extend the life of coal plants through CCS subsidies.

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But especially in connection with generous IRA subsidies for CCS technology, US policymakers may be unwittingly throwing a lifeline to coal plants that would otherwise be economically unviable.

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