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Climate impacts of energy technologies depend on emissions timing

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  • Morgan R. Edwards

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA)

  • Jessika E. Trancik

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
    Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, USA)

Abstract

There has been a rapid growth in the use of natural gas and biofuels. This study evaluates energy technologies against climate targets and shows that the impact of technologies that result in the emission of both methane and carbon dioxide depends on their time of use. The changes in climate impacts over time are large, with several technologies that are widely considered mitigation options becoming unfavourable within two decades.

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  • Morgan R. Edwards & Jessika E. Trancik, 2014. "Climate impacts of energy technologies depend on emissions timing," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(5), pages 347-352, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:5:d:10.1038_nclimate2204
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2204
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    1. Fernández-Amador, Octavio & Francois, Joseph F. & Oberdabernig, Doris A. & Tomberger, Patrick, 2020. "The methane footprint of nations: Stylized facts from a global panel dataset," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    2. Morgan R. Edwards & Jessika E. Trancik, 2022. "Consequences of equivalency metric design for energy transitions and climate change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 175(1), pages 1-27, November.
    3. Laborde Debucquet, David & Mamun, Abdullah & Martin, Will & Piñeiro, Valeria & Vos, Rob, 2020. "Modeling the impacts of agricultural support policies on emissions from agriculture," IFPRI discussion papers 1954, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    9. John F. Raffensperger, 2020. "A price on warming with a supply chain directed market," Papers 2003.05114, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2021.

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