Comments on: The Renewable Electron Economy XII: The “Cheap Energy Contract”…Bedrock or Dinosaur? http://greenthoughts.us/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/ Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency: Policy and Marketing Thu, 17 May 2012 06:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carbon Pricing is Just One Piece of the Puzzle: Towards a Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy – Part 4 « Energy Portfolio Managers Blog http://greenthoughts.us/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2727 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:58:18 +0000 http://terraverde.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2727 [...] area of our economy.   I have termed the US historical relationship with energy, the “Cheap Energy Contract” which restricts the amount of money that the energy sector can charge per unit energy; to [...]

]]> By: Carbon Pricing is Just One Piece of the Puzzle: Towards a Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy - Part 4 « Green Thoughts http://greenthoughts.us/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2605 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:04:53 +0000 http://terraverde.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2605 [...] area of our economy.   I have termed the US historical relationship with energy, the “Cheap Energy Contract” which restricts the amount of revenue that the energy sector can charge per unit energy; to [...]

]]> By: The (Renewable) Electron Economy as the Solution to the Oil Crisis: A Summary for Policymakers - I « Green Thoughts http://greenthoughts.us/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2495 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:35:22 +0000 http://terraverde.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2495 [...] on tasks that could be much more efficiently achieved through the use of electric drive transport. Cheap oil has enabled individual and family mobility and autonomy at a low price but these uses now compete [...]

]]> By: The Renewable Electron Economy XIV: Renewable Energy Finance and Feed In Tariffs « Green Thoughts http://greenthoughts.us/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2444 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:28:53 +0000 http://terraverde.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2444 [...] and indirect subsidies to fossil fuel extraction and overuse were part of the now somewhat outdated Cheap Energy Contract that holds governments and energy regulators responsible for keeping energy prices much cheaper [...]

]]> By: The Renewable Electron Economy XIII: Valuing Energy and Energy Services « Green Thoughts http://greenthoughts.us/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2430 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:23:37 +0000 http://terraverde.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2430 [...] “Cheap Energy Contract”, the society-wide social and political contract that is still in effect in the US and Canada, [...]

]]> By: Google’s RE<C: Making the Perfect the Enemy of the Good? « Green Thoughts http://greenthoughts.us/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2392 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:02:48 +0000 http://terraverde.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/the-renewable-electron-economy-xii-the-%e2%80%9ccheap-energy-contract%e2%80%9d%e2%80%a6bedrock-or-dinosaur/#comment-2392 [...] assents to the continuation of what I called in my latest post in the Renewable Electron Economy series, “The Cheap Energy Contract”. The Cheap Energy Contract is an implicit social contract [...]

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