Lynne Kiesling The Department of Energy has published a new, very user-friendly introduction to smart grid technologies, benefits, and policies (pdf). I have some quibbles with some of the details, but if you are a newcomer to smart grid (say, for example, if you have heard that this is a primary objective of the incoming …
Lynne Kiesling Eric Morris, guest-blogging at Freakonomics, has two guest posts (one) and (two) on road congestion pricing. Congestion pricing is a much-discussed topic here at KP, and the two Morris posts are excellent discussions of the benefits of congestion pricing. In his first post he explains how variable tolling can generate the optimal level …
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Michael Giberson Lynne’s rambling post on Cass Sunstein – so much to think about, so little time! – came to mind when I read this Freakonomics blog post on trayless college cafeterias.
Lynne Kiesling On Thursday President-elect Obama named law professor Cass Sunstein to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, an executive-branch office with the mission of analyzing and coordinating federal regulation. Most recently, Sunstein is known for his work with Richard Thaler on “choice architecture” and behavioral public policy, including their book Nudge. Others …
Lynne Kiesling EcoGeek has a list of green cars being debuted at the Detroit auto show, and it’s longer than you might think, with more manufacturers (US and foreign) than expected.
Lynne Kiesling Very interesting story in today’s Wall Street Journal about BYD, a Chinese firm manufacturing electric vehicles. One of the most interesting points in this article: despite the global economic downturn, BYD is increasing its operations, first in China and then planned for US and Europe, because entry barriers are lower in the electric …
Michael Giberson Simon Johnson reviews and provides a summary of a paper by Daron Acemoglu on the current financial crisis. Johnson summarizes one of Acemoglu’s points as follows: The seeds of the crisis were sown in the Great Moderation (the low inflation, relatively stable last 20 years or so). Everyone who patted themselves or others …
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Lynne Kiesling Right now NPR is running an excellent story on ITQs (individual transferable quotas) in fishing. Will post the link when it’s live. UPDATE: Here’s the link to the transcript and the audio. From the transcript, check out this good discussion of ITQs: Randy Smith’s share of the catch didn’t increase as much as …
Lynne Kiesling Run, don’t walk, to Marginal Revolution and read Alex’s post today on smart grid investments. I’ll have more to say on this point later, but I have a date with a stationary bike and a swim pool that I must keep.
Lynne Kiesling Is anyone really surprised that Russia is stopping natural gas shipments to Ukraine and the EU? They did the same thing three years ago, in a cold spell. They used the same rhetoric, saying that Ukraine was at fault for stopping the flow of gas to the EU via the pipeline that runs …
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