Great Decisions – “Energy Geopolitics”
Event Date:
January 31, 2023 – 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Location:
Location: Charlotte Country Day School, 1440 Carmel Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
Presenter: Peter Schwarz, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, UNC Charlotte
Energy security and geopolitics The year 2022 upended energy geopolitics, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine using energy as a weapon by threatening to withhold oil and natural gas supplies from the EU, along with attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, with large parts of Ukraine doing without heat and electricity. At the same time, climate change continued to be on the front-burner, with the U.S. passing the Inflation Reduction Act, more accurately an act to accelerate carbon-free renewable energy. There is a conflict between the need to find new sources of fossil fuels while trying to reduce greenhouse gases. The balancing act requires consideration of benefits and costs of continued use of fossil fuels while accelerating the use of renewables.
(Co-sponsored by Charlotte Country Day School)
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