Green v. Green: A Debate on the Future of U.S. Renewables
This article original appeared on the Stanford Law School blog
Can the US power itself with 100% renewable energy — and make the change fast enough to avert the worst effects of climate change? With the United States’ current portfolio of technology and policy solutions, what is the most likely path to get us to a low-carbon economy as fast as possible and what are the financial realities of making this transition?
To help sort out these details, Stanford’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy & Finance and Stanford Professionals in Energy recently invited Mark Z. Jacobson, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of Stanford’s Atmosphere/Energy Program, to engage in a friendly debate with Stanford Business School lecturer and clean energy financier Jeffrey D. Brown. Moderating the “Green vs. Green” debate was Steyer-Taylor Center Executive Director Dan Reicher, who was quick to acknowledge the similarities between the two speakers. “Mark and Jeff agree on our zero-carbon ends,” he said. “Where they differ is on the means.”
