Take the Hard Route to Decarbonization
December 18, 2019
Rather than trying to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, from nations’ entire economies, it would be better for technical and political reasons to tackle hard problems in particular sectors, such as high-heat industrial applications, an energy researcher writes in the New York Times. In this vein, a senior analyst presented in the latest Issues a detailed innovation agenda for reducing particularly difficult-to-eliminate carbon emissions not only in industry but also in transportation and in electricity generation and distribution.