How to rapidly reduce fossil fuel use
Using rationing to reduce fossil fuel use—especially in the Global North—has already come close to political reality.
TEQs
Any Way You Slice It
In many countries rationing of water, food and other essential goods has become a matter of survival for a large share of the population. Their day-to-day experience in sharing resources could hold lessons for those of us in the North once we decide to start bringing consumption in line with what the world can support.
The Political Economy of Deep Decarbonization: Tradable Energy Quotas for Energy Descent Futures: Paper excerpt
The TEQs system involves rationing fossil fuel energy use for a nation on the basis of either a contracting carbon emission budget or scarce fuel availability, or both simultaneously, distributing budgets equitably amongst energy-users.
Soaring Beyond the Green New Deal
One of the strongest parts of The GND and Beyond is its systematic exposés of myths regarding energy, many of which are directly from the fossil fuel industry, and others which come from those who are so enthusiastic about AltE that they overlook its downsides.
Healing the Rift Between Political Reality and Ecological Reality: A Q&A with Shaun Chamberlin
At the urging of Fleming and Chamberlin, TEQs were introduced, studied, and debated in the U.K. Parliament a decade ago but were judged by the government to be ahead of their time. Now, with a global climate emergency widely acknowledged, systems like TEQs warrant further serious consideration.
Fee and Dividend or TEQs? In the Aftermath of Paris COP21, what *Should* Effective Climate Policy Look Like?
We just sent out our Fleming Policy Centre newsletter, with reflections on the Paris climate summit. Bottom line: it’s not good.
Moving Beyond Carbon Pricing to Tradable Energy Quotas
A proposal for reconciling climate reality with political realities.