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Energy transition is the only future we have

Fergus Green (LSE): Anti-fossil Fuel Norms. It’s time to think seriously about cutting off the supply of fossil fuels. J. Paul Kelleher (Wisconsin): The Social Cost of Carbon from Theory to Trump. From TNR, Emily Atkin on Trump, Putin, and the race for Arctic oil; Trump can’t kill renewable energy: Some of his policies may hurt the solar industry, but the market’s steady growth shows he has little power over it; and renewable energy is surviving Trump. Is 100% renewable energy realistic? Here’s what we know. Carbon omissions: Ignore reckless utopians — energy transition is the only future we have. There is no quick fix for climate change: A plan to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel sounds great in theory, but poses a number of problems (and more and more).