What Gernot Wagner thinks about energy
Austrian-American climate economist at Columbia Business School. Co-author with Martin Weitzman of Climate Shock (2015) and author of Geoengineering: The Gamble (2021); writes columns for Project Syndicate.
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4 dated positions, 2024 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Gernot Wagner has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsClean-energy technologies still have decisive physical advantages over the alternatives, and economic common sense will eventually win out.
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Their wordsWhile some Republicans and members of Donald Trump's incoming administration want to cut this program, doing so would only hurt US competitiveness.
- 5 months earlier
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Our readingSolar is currently the cheapest source of electricity ever and is expected to become even cheaper.
Their wordsIn 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.
- 3 months earlier
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Their wordsNothing short of a clean-energy revolution, complete with clean transport systems and industry, will turn the climate ship around.