Michael Levi’s September 14th post on the Council on Foreign Relations site examines whether switching from coal to natural gas could make a decisive difference in climate change projections. You’ll be surprised by his analysis, if not his conclusions.
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: coal, Council on Foreign Relations, methane, Michael Levi, natural gas | Category: Climate Change, Quick Takes |
 Leave a commentThanks to Michael Levi, the always-interesting energy/climate blogger at the Council on Foreign Relations, for pointing out a neat new analysis of the cost of meeting the CAFE standards for cars. According to Soren Anderson (Michigan State) and James Salee (Chicago), it’s possible to infer this … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: CAFE Standard, fuel economy, James Salee, Michael Levi, Soren Anderson | Category: Energy Regulation, Quick Takes |
Leave a commentMichael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations reports that the budget deal bars the Energy Department from collecting much of the data that both public and private analysts use for forecasting energy consumption and production, not to mention greenhouse gas emissions. The idea, of course, is to … Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Michael Levi has an MS in physics from Princeton, a PhD in war studies (!!) from King’s College (London) and a book on nuclear terrorism from the Harvard University Press. Nonetheless, his blog on energy security and climate change is … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Council on Foreign Relations, energy security, Michael Levi, Ngrams | Category: Climate Change, Quick Takes |
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Professor Dieter Helm (Oxford) is a very fine fly fisherman, and an even better economist. If you haven’t done so, take a look at his new book “The Carbon Crunch: How We Are Getting Climate Change Wrong — and How to Fix It” for a bit of unconventional wisdom. He argues that politicians and the general public have not shown any real interest in addressing climate change. Helm argues that places like Europe should focus on setting a price for carbon that would cover consumption (and not just production), and that fracking could be a good “bridge” technology for reducing consumption of coal. The book is readable and insightful for those interested in the inside track on climate policy. 
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