Lecture 5-A New Economics of the Planet-short · Carbon Pricing Elements Pricing Mechanism Carbon Tax or Fee Cap and Trade Emissions Included Electricity generation Transportation

DanielKammen

Classof1935DistinguishedProfessorofEnergyEnergyandResourcesGroup|GoldmanSchoolofPublicPolicy

Director,RenewableandAppropriateEnergyLaboratoryUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley

April25 2016

Lecture 5:A New Economics of the Planet

1.Theclimatecrisisreinvented (3.28.2016)Klein,chapters1&2|Optional:Dove&Kammen,chapter1

2.Ourmistrustofthefuturemakesithardtogiveupthepast (4.4.16)Klein,chapters3|Optional:Dove&Kammen,chapter5

3.Wedon’ttenureMotherTeresa (4.11.2016)Klein,chapter9|Optional:Dove&Kammen,chapter2

4.Whatarethebarrierstoaction? (4.18.2016)Klein,chapter6- 8|

5.Aneweconomicsoftheplanet (4.25.2016)Klein,chapter4|Optional:Dove&Kammen,chapter3;Klein12

6.Pasteur’sQuadrant (5.2.2016)Klein,chapter7,11|Optional:Dove&Kammen,chapter4

Twitter:@dan_kammen

Website:http://rael.berkeley.edu

Resources:

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Mindthe(Economic)Gap:SocialandPrivateCost


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UN General Assembly resolution 65/151

What is sustainable development?

• SDis theachievement ofasustained path ofeconomic growth which does not undermine futuregenerationpossibilities ofconsumption

• Different definitions ofwhat “futuregenerations”are– Anorthodox economistwould claim that this dependsonour timepreferenceà discountratereasoning..

– Thehigher thediscountrate,dependingonconsumption andoportunity costs factors,thelessfuturebenefitsandcosts arevalued…

– r =puretimemyopic preference +consumption growth;otherwise equals tha marketoppotunity cost,theforegonebenefitofaninvestment

CautionandaMethod:KnowtheTrend:EnvironmentalIndicatorsvs.Income

“Kuznets Curves”

TwoViews

• Pessimists(“Mathusian” or“Cassandra”)– EconomiesofDevelopedNationsareunsustainable;developingnationscannotfollowintheirpath;technologyisnotkeepingpacewithresourcedepletion,environmentalimpact

• Optimists(“Cornucopian” or“Dr.Pangloss”)– Nobarrierstogrowth;substituteswillbedevelopedforscarceresources;economicdevelopmentandtechnologyproducenetimprovementinenvironmentalquality

The ER100 Bet:

Simon offered to bet $1000 that the price of any five commodities would decrease from 1980 to 1990. Ehrlich et al. selected Cu, Cr, Ni, Sn, W. Simon won.

Simon subsequently offered to bet that any set of environmental measures relating to human welfare would get improve. Ehrlich et al. selected CO2, N2O, O3, temperature, SO2 in Asia, tropical forest, per-capita grain and fish, species, AIDS, sperm counts, rich-poor gap.

Simon declined.

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ReallySimpleMath,right….?

• Recall that GNP=C+I

• Recall that NetNP=GNP– depreciation ofcapital

• Capitalstockdynamics depends onaccumulationanddepreciation

GrowthorGrowth



2009NobelPrizeinEconomics

SDislinkedtoTotalcapitalornaturalcapital?

• Totalcapital=humancapital+natural capital

• Each capitalstockis defined byarateofgrowth,I,lessany Depreciation

• If I=dep,then capitalis steady

• Thus,afirstintuitivegolden rule forSDis that total Kshould beat least constant,Inv should at least matchdepreciation.(Andthat assumes nonewdemands onresources)

• Genuinesaving rule:Investment >=depreciation

..but..

• This may imply adecreasing natural capitalstock,if natK is substituted byother forms– This is thewesterncountryhistory– i.e.OPECcountriesmanagementofnonrenewable resources

– UKoil exploitation– Inany case,rents fromnatural resource useshould bere-invested..

SDis linked toTotalcapitalornatural capital?

• Totalcapital=manmade +humancapital+natural capital

• Each capitalstockis defined byarateofgrowth,I– Deprec.

• If I=dep,then capitalis steady

• Thus,afirstintuitivegolden rule forSDis thattotal Kshould beat least constant,Inv should atleast matchdepreciation.

• Genuinesaving rule:Investment >=depreciation

..but..

• This may imply adecreasing natural capitalstock,if natK is substituted byother forms– This is thewesterncountryhistory– i.e.Arab countriesmanagementofnonrenewableresources

– UKoil exploitation– Inany case,rents fromnatural resource useshould bere-invested…right?

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Seasonality and Storage

Figure8!

Figure8.Yearlygenerationbyfuelin2026-2029forallscenariosdiscussedinthispaperatanemissionlevelconsistentwiththe450ppmclimatestabilizationtarget(54%of1990carbonemissionlevelsby2030).Thecarbonpriceadder,costofpower,andcumulativenewtransmissionbuiltatthe450ppmclimatestabilizationtargetarealsotabulatedforeachscenarioin2026-2029.Resultsinthisfigureareobtainedbyvaryingthecarbonpriceadderforeachscenariountilthetargetemissionlevelisreached.

Two dimensions of carbon emissions

Costsoffossilfuelusearenotincludedinthecurrentprice• Hurricanes(Sandy$65b),drought,healthcosts,sealevelrise• SocialCostofCarbonestimatesfrom$37to>$400/tonCO2e• Fossilfuelsareartificiallyinexpensive

Putapriceoncarbonemissionssouserspaythefairprice• Fossilfuelusewilldecrease;CO2 emissionswilldecrease• Alternativesbecomemoreaffordableandgrow• Theeconomycanalsogrow

Carbon Pricing 101

Pricing Carbon is not a new idea

FigurefromWorldBankreport,2014

©http://PriceonCarbon.org

How Do You Price Carbon?


Carbon Pricing Elements

PricingMechanism

EmissionsIncluded

RevenueUse




PricingMechanism

CarbonTaxorFee

CapandTrade

CapandDividend

EmissionsIncluded

RevenueUse

CO2

Whatabout:

Biodiversity

CulturalSurvival

Pricing Mechanism


Bothmechanismshavebeentried;bothcanbeeffective.

CapandTrade CarbonTax

Emissions Decliningemissionscapsetbygovernment

Emissionsvolumebasedonmarket

Price PricebasedonmarketRisingpricesetby

government

Offsets

Projectswhichsequestercarboncanoffsetsomeemissions/permits

Emissions

Permits

Cap

Offset

CompanyA


Complications

Emissions from Different Sectors


EIA

Carbon Markets in Place Today

CA:$11.85

Priceon11/1/14

EU$7.20

China$4-20

RGGI$2.67

AdaptedfromNewelletal.Science,343:1316-1317(2014)




PricingMechanism

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EmissionsIncluded

Electricity generationTransportationIndustrial

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GovernmentProgramsMitigate/adaptReducedeficitInfrastructure,etc

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ClimateAccounting...NewMath!EmissionsCategory

Industrialized Developing

CumulativeCO2, energy

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CumulativeCO2, energy,biota

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CO2, energy(current)

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Partial CO2,CH4(current)

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Comprehensive(current)

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UN General Assembly resolution 65/151

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What does it mean to ‘solve the carbon and climate problem’ over the next 50 years?

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Seven “wedges”

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What is a “Wedge”?A “wedge” is a strategy to reduce carbon emissions that grows in 50 years from zero to 1.0 GtC/yr. The strategy has already been commercialized at scale somewhere.

1GtC/yr

50years

Total=25Gigatonscarbon

Cumulatively, a wedge redirects the flow of 25 GtC in its first 50 years. This is 2.5 trillion dollars at $100/tC.

A “solution” to the CO2 problem should provide at least one wedge.

Wedges#1- #8(outof15)Option Effort by 2054 for one wedge, relative to 14 GtC/year BAU Comments, issues

EnergyEfficiency and Conservation

Economy-wide carbon-intensity reduction (emissions/$GDP)

Increase reduction by additional 0.15% per year (e.g., increase U.S. goal of reduction of 1.96% per year to 2.11% per year)

Can be tuned by carbon policy

1. Efficient vehicles Increase fuel economy for 2 billion cars from 30 to 60 mpg Car size, power

2. Reduced use of vehicles Decrease car travel for 2 billion 30-mpg cars from 10,000 to 5,000 miles per year

Urban design, mass transit, telecommuting

3. Efficient buildings Cut carbon emissions by one-fourth in buildings and appliances projected for 2054

Weak incentives

4. Efficient baseload coal plants Produce twice today’s coal power output at 60% instead of 40% efficiency (compared with 32% today)

Advanced high-temperature materials

Fuel shift 5. Gas baseload power for coal baseload power

Replace 1400 GW 50%-efficient coal plants with gas plants (4 times the current production of gas-based power)

Competing demands for natural gas

CO2 Capture andStorage (CCS)

6. Capture CO2 at baseload power plant

Introduce CCS at 800 GW coal or 1600 GW natural gas (compared with 1060 GW coal in 1999)

Technology already in use for H2production

7. Capture CO2 at H2 plant Introduce CCS at plants producing 250 MtH2/year from coal or 500 MtH2/year from natural gas (compared with 40 MtH2/year today from all sources)

H2 safety, infrastructure

8. Capture CO2 at coal-to-synfuels plant

Introduce CCS at synfuels plants producing 30 million barrels per day from coal (200 times Sasol), if half of feedstock carbon is available for capture

Increased CO2 emissions, if synfuels are produced withoutCCS

Geological storage Create 3500 Sleipners Durable storage, successful permitting

Wedges#9- #15(outof15)Option Effort by 2054 for one wedge, relative to 14 GtC/year BAU Comments, issues

Nuclear Fission 9. Nuclear power for coal power Add 700 GW (twice the current capacity) Nuclear proliferation, terrorism, waste

Renewable Electricity and Fuels

10. Wind power for coal power Add 2 million 1-MW-peak windmills (50 times the current capacity) “occupying” 30x106 ha, on land or off shore

Multiple uses of land because windmills are widely spaced

11. PV power for coal power Add 2000 GW-peak PV (700 times the current capacity) on 2x106 ha

PV production cost

12. Wind H2 in fuel-cell car for gasoline in hybrid car

Add 4 million 1-MW-peak windmills (100 times the current capacity)

H2 safety, infrastructure

13. Biomass fuel for fossil fuel Add 100 times the current Brazil or U.S. ethanol production, with the use of 250 x106 ha (1/6 of world cropland)

Biodiversity, competing land use

Forests and Agricultural Soils

14. Reduced deforestation, plus reforestation, afforestation and new plantations.

Decrease tropical deforestation to zero instead of 0.5 GtC/year, and establish 300 Mha of new tree plantations (twice the current rate)

Land demands of agriculture, benefits to biodiversity from reduced deforestation

15. Conservation tillage Apply to all cropland (10 times the current usage) Reversibility, verification

Marginal Abatement Costs for Cooling Scenarios

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