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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Technological change and the global energy system\, Chaos & Co
 mplex Systems Seminar\, Gregory Nemet\, La Follette School of Public A
 ffairs
DESCRIPTION:Meaningfully addressing the large scale challenges associa
 ted with the way we use and consume energy -- including security of su
 pply\, air pollution\, and climate change -- will require transformati
 on of the global energy system. Designing policies to encourage this c
 hange in societally beneficial directions is plagued by an array of un
 certainties. In particular\, attempts to model optimal policy design r
 each vastly different normative conclusions depending on assumptions a
 bout the expected rate of technical change and the extent to which gov
 ernment actions can affect it. Empirical work on parameterizing techni
 cal change is plagued by concerns about the inherent stochasticity of 
 the process of innovation and the idiosyncrasies of individual technol
 ogies. Still\, the search for useful models of technological change co
 ntinues. This talk presents recent efforts to model the process of tec
 hnological change in low-carbon energy technologies. 
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1065
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