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Question the gospel of technology neutral policy!

Question the gospel of technology neutral policy!. Björn Sandén Chalmers. SHC, May 7 2012, Göteborg. Policy should be technology neutral!. CO2 emission reduction incentives…. “…should be technology-neutral because the government should not be picking winners and losers”.

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Question the gospel of technology neutral policy!

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  1. Question the gospel of technology neutral policy! Björn Sandén Chalmers SHC, May 7 2012, Göteborg

  2. Policy should be technology neutral!

  3. CO2 emission reduction incentives… “…should be technology-neutral because the government should not be picking winners and losers”

  4. Threereasonswhyweneed technology specificpolicies

  5. 1 Policy is required not to pick winnersbutto make sure there are goodbunch of competitors!

  6. A huge and rapid transformation is required Efficientuse Carbon neutral supply Manytechnologiesneed to be developed in parallell

  7. ”The market” willonly pick the technology that is first in line… …and notthose that currently are moreexpensive butcouldsolve the problem in the longrun.

  8. New technologies are immature and need to be fosteredbeforetheycancompete on equal terms.

  9. Investments in largeinfrastucture are thresholdinvestments that require a political vision 2

  10. Technologies haveimplications in manypolitical and ethical dimensions (not only CO2) 3 Nuclear power Lithiumbatteries Biofuels

  11. In reality…

  12. 1 In reality… …as long as it benefits my technology! Policy should be technology neutral!

  13. Emission reduction incentives… “should be technology-neutral because the government should not be picking winners and losers” “There is a wrong way and a right way to approach reducing greenhouse gas emissions…” “The right way is to promote more emission-free nuclear power and encourage the investments necessary to produce electricity from coal without releasing carbon into the air.”

  14. 2 In reality… The mostimportant trends results from technology specificgovernmental support! E.g. annualsales of Solar cells

  15. Weneed technology neutral policies!

  16. New questionsarise… Whichtechnologiesshould be supported? How technology specificshould policy be? Whattype of support is requiredwhen? Do agencies and ministrieshave the requiredcompetence?

  17. Technology policy requires knowledge, integrity and passion

  18. Technology is political! Thank You! Read more (links in blue): In English Azar, C., Sandén, B.A., 2011. The elusive quest for technology-neutral policies. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 1, 135-139. Sandén, B.A., Azar, C., 2005. Near-term technology policies for long-term climate targets: Economy wide versus technology specific approaches. Energy Policy 33, 1557-1576. In Swedish Azar och Sandén ,2012. Ogenomtänkt teknikneutralitet. I Bergstrand (red) ”Upplyst eller utfryst” sid 90-99, Eon, Malmö.

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