By Chris Nelder, Jeremy Grantham, The Energy Transition Show
We have a very special guest for you in this episode: Jeremy Grantham, the legendary investor who founded GMO. In this interview, we talked about Grantham’s investing philosophy; the history of investment bubbles; how he values investments, and much more.
By Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief
An extra $460bn per year needs to be invested on the low-carbon economy globally over the next 12 years to limit global warming to 1.5C, a new paper says.
By Energy Crunch staff, New Economics Foundation
Ever since oil and gas prices started to plunge, speculation that cheaper fossil fuels would mean a serious setback for renewables has been rife.
By Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
The International Energy Agency has just released a new special report called “World Energy Investment Outlook” that should send policy makers screaming and running for the exits.
By Gail Tverberg, Our Finite World
Steve Kopits recently gave a presentation explaining our current predicament: the cost of oil extraction has been rising rapidly (10.9% per year) but oil prices have been flat.
By Jennie C. Stephens, Wiley Online Library
Government investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a large and expensive fossil-fuel subsidy with a low probability of eventual societal benefit.