energy 4
- Cutting the Department of Energy's loan program would hurt US competitiveness.
- Clean-energy technologies possess decisive physical advantages over alternatives.
Gernot Wagner
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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solar 3
- Donald Trump's efforts to halt the low-carbon transition may be futile regarding solar, wind, and other low-carbon technologies.
- Solar is currently the cheapest source of electricity ever and is expected to become even cheaper.
electric vehicles 2
- Any attempt by Donald Trump to obstruct the electric vehicle transition is bound to fail due to the physics of efficiency.
- Punitive tariffs that raise electric vehicle prices and reduce competition are counterproductive.
tariffs 2
- A subsidy race combined with stronger carbon pricing efforts is superior to a tariff war.
- Punitive tariffs that raise electric vehicle prices and reduce competition are counterproductive.