Charles Ebinger
Director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution
Charles Ebinger is the Director of the Energy Security Initiative and a Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, a think tank based in Washington D.C. He specializes in international and domestic energy markets and the geopolitics of energy with a particular focus on the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. Ebinger has served as an energy policy advisor to over 50 governments.
“In the final analysis, governments generally don’t embark on policies that may well mean their political demise sooner rather than later.”
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If we’re being even a little optimistic about future CO2 levels, warns the energy and risk analyst Charles Ebinger, then we’re in trouble.
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Will futuristic energy solutions such as fusion and biofuels ever live up to the hype surrounding them?
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Even if there is, “dirty” coal in developing countries still poses a major problem.
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The “global nuclear renaissance” may finally be at hand. But can the technology be kept in the right hands?
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Wind is becoming a more viable (if still controversial) energy source, but effective solar power may have to wait until the nanotechnology boom.
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Pushing developing countries to slow development because of the energy crisis we’ve created is not just unfair—it’s dangerous.
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A conversation with the director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution.
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