Robert Fares blog: CO2 emissions can be achieved, but at a price

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Published:
December 17, 2015

The world can significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions by transitioning to renewable energy, or a mix of nuclear and renewable energy – as long as we are willing to pay 20 percent to 90 percent more for the electricity we use, asserts Energy Institute Postdoctoral Fellow Robert Fares in a new blog for Scientific American. Fares’ comments focus on J.P. Morgan’s annual paper (PDF) on energy, which focuses on the costs associated with deep de-carbonization of electricity grids. Read more.