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Five Pathways to the Green Future
Despite all of the claims and pledges, emissions have been growing rapidly. Surely, something has to give. Will it be the pledges, or the emissions? -> more
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Go figure what the costs will be…
Economists, and by extension, pension funds, operate under the assumption that 3-4°C warming will not drastically lower GDP. -> more
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Going to net-zero costs real money
If all goes really, really well, power will be 20% more expensive in 2050 in comparison with 2020. -> more
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Notes on the synthesis report
International Climate Change Panel published a report that sums up what it knows about climate. Here a few highlights. -> more
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How much CO2 is still under the ground
At the present rate we can go for 50 years before oil and gas run out, and then another hundred years before all coal ends. -> more
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How to think about ESG
We’re maximizing sustainability now, and many companies will become ESG compliant, at a significant cost. I wonder what Ronald Coase would say about that. -> more
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A set of questions enough to fill a lifetime
For all we care, climate is everything, and “everything” is fairly hard to comprehend. Fortunately, we can at least start with good questions to guide us. -> more
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The cost of 100% renewable world
In the renewable world, the price for stability is high. I’ve build a simple model of a country that uses only wind energy to check just how high the price tag might be. -> more
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This is how we stay warm
We stay warm by capturing energy from the Sun in a planet-wide greenhouse. A more detailed version of this follows. -> more
