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An Economic Perspective on Carbon Neutrality at the University of Michigan

Event Type
Seminar
Speaker
Professor Michael R. Moore and Assistant Professor Samuel Stolper
Sponsor
School for Environment and Sustainability
Details
January 31, 202011:30am - 12:50pm
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Pendleton Room, 2nd Floor, Michigan Union

U-M has a stated goal of reaching carbon neutrality.
The question is: How and When?

Michael R. Moore, Professor of Environmental Economics, and Samuel Stolper, Assistant Professor and Environmental and Energy Economist, assess several possible emission-reduction projects to demonstrate certain principles related to CO2 abatement costs. They make recommendations on how the university can cost-effectively set an ambitious time path for achieving carbon neutrality within the next five years.

  • Abatement costs vary substantially; some projects are quite expensive, others are quite cheap.
  • Scale matters; large-scale renewable projects are much cheaper than small-scale projects like rooftop solar.
  • Location matters; solar projects in the southern United States are much cheaper than those in the north.

Join Professor Michael R. Moore and Assistant Professor Samuel Stolper for a presentation and discussion.
They welcome your ideas!

Please RSVP.

NOTE: THIS IS A BROWN BAG LUNCH
(lunch is NOT provided).
This event is free and open to the public.

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