1/ This is a pretty good analysis of the NSW Government's excellent Energy Infrastructure Roadmap by @tanelsonaus and @joelgilmore.
But TBH I'm a bit tired of folks saying - this policy is good but really a carbon price would be much better.
theconversation.com/nsw-has-joined…
But TBH I'm a bit tired of folks saying - this policy is good but really a carbon price would be much better.
theconversation.com/nsw-has-joined…
2/ I get it, I get the economics. A carbon price is an incredibly powerful and efficient policy. But carbon pricing also isn't perfect.
Eg a carbon price does not encourage RE projects to do good community engagement & benefit sharing for local communities - the NSW policy does
Eg a carbon price does not encourage RE projects to do good community engagement & benefit sharing for local communities - the NSW policy does
3/ A carbon price has proven to be bad politics - divorced from people's day to day lives, so susceptible to scare campaigns. This plays to the advantage of climate laggards not climate leaders.
Then of course there's the issue of offsets & particularly socially unjust offsets.
Then of course there's the issue of offsets & particularly socially unjust offsets.
4/ In general, I reckon it would be good if there was a little more "political economy" in the economic analysis of climate & energy policy.
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Actually one more point...
Instead of the "silver bullet" approach I feel many have here in Australia, I really like Germany's "kitchen sink" approach to climate & energy policy.
Aka we need all of the policy levers at our disposal, not just one.
Instead of the "silver bullet" approach I feel many have here in Australia, I really like Germany's "kitchen sink" approach to climate & energy policy.
Aka we need all of the policy levers at our disposal, not just one.
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