DOE technologist handicaps impact of carbon price

Technology News (Nov 12 2009) Cap and Trade , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

1. BOSTON--If you attached a cost to putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, how would the energy business change? Steven Koonin, the undersecretary for science at the Department of Energy and former chief scientist of BP, has thought this question over. Koonin was the keynote speaker Thursday at the Fifth Annual Conference on Clean Energy here, where he offered a big-picture analysis of how the U.S. should convert to low-carbon energies. Steven Koonin, undersecretary for science in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The main drivers toward cleaner energy are efforts to improve the country's energy security and to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But there are many paths to that destination and we won't get there by only putting a price on carbon, Koonin said. (Read Full Article)

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