Climate economist, Columbia
https://gwagner.com
It’s pronounced juggernaut without the jug.
Gernot Wagner is an Austro-American climate economist at Columbia Business School. He holds an AB and a PhD in political economy and government from Harvard University, as well as an MA in economics from Stanford University. A founding co-director of Harvard's Solar Geoengineering Research Program (2017–2019) he joined the faculty of New York University in 2019, moving to Columbia University in 2022. Wagner writes a monthly column for Project Syndicate, and is the co-author, with Martin L. Weitzman, of Climate Shock, a Top 15 Financial Times-McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2015. He won the "Austrian of the Year" award in 2022, awarded by Austrian daily Die Presse. .. more
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And yes, IKEA by now sells heat pumps www.ikea.com/es/en/energy...
There really is no excuse.
(Narrator: It never just takes 4 weeks.)
(Yes, that assuming a decarbonized grid, which is outside your immediate purview.¹)
¹ That decarbonization, too, is happening faster than most think business.columbia.edu/insights/climate/solar
But you've just locked in 40 more years of gas.
He has a gas furnace in his truck parked right outside. Oh, and it's 40% more efficient than your ancient one.
(Narrator: it always happens on the coldest day of the year.)
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Built up over decades, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know about them, and they're all at risk. Here's the latest:
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For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Built up over decades, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know about them, and they're all at risk. Here's the latest:
Reposted by Gernot Wagner
Now, you will inherit millions (sorry for your loss).
But you are complaining because it's NOT ENOUGH millions.
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Start from the top, get rid of legacy preferences gwagner.com/legacy
@oppinsights.bsky.social
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Start from the top, get rid of legacy preferences gwagner.com/legacy
@oppinsights.bsky.social
Reposted by Gernot Wagner, James Goodwin
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices.
But in Baltimore, I met blue collar workers who are fighting back, preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future,” and defending offshore wind.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
Nobody ever said the Dead Thrall of the world's most profitable industry will be pretty.
