David Hart

Senior Fellow, @CFR_org ; Sole Proprietor, Hart Policy Associates; Prof. Emeritus @ScharSchool , @GeorgeMasonU

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

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1/10 New! @AEI I make the case that the federal government should accelerate energy innovation by systematically and strategically employing the diverse and powerful tools it has used only piecemeal in the past. @JesseJenkins @vsiv https://t.co/rHjJlegC9K

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

I'm pleased to be part of the team working with @EFIFoundation & @hamminstitute on accelerating next gen geothermal power. Our new blog highlights key issues for the industry https://t.co/UtKToI1ain

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

A mind-blowing graphic

[Michael Dunne @dunne_insights]

China will export 30x more car than it imports this year.

In 2020, the ratio was 1:1.

[Brad Setser @Brad_Setser]

Net of China's surprising gold import surge, East Asia's surplus is on a fast track toward $2 trillion -- propelled by China's auto and machinery sectors and the chip exports.

Crazy number. Massive change v 2023, let alone the pre-pandemic era

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[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

8/8 Taken together, these steps would knit together fragmented federal efforts & center innovation, unlocking new opportunities for an energy sector built on more resilient supply chains in an increasingly volatile world. https://t.co/fQkzMrAg6s

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

1/8 Out today from @clean_tomorrow @ClaireChemCody & I advance Re-Energizing America agenda w a new report on #supplychain #innovation https://t.co/fQkzMrAg6s

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

7/8 What to do: strengthen federal analytical capabilities, incentivize early commercial production, invest in use-inspired RD&D, empower early adopters, and collaborate with allies and partners.

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

Out now! 4 policy briefs by participants in the 2024 @ScharSchool @CtrGlobSust Boot Camp. (1) Jones on #battery #minerals; (2) Spandagos on #energy #poverty; (3) Rising on #climate #damage; (4) Sharma on #EV #environmental impacts. Good reading!
https://t.co/0fNk7Kg33y

[Council on Foreign Relations @CFR_org]

The most surprising outcome of the Strait of Hormuz crisis to date is that the price of oil "has not risen nearly as much as many analysts expected," writes CFR expert @ProfDavidHart.

"The biggest reason is that China cut its fossil fuel imports massively in the months since the closure."

"That answer begs another question: Why would China, the global champion of clean energy technology, do that? Why wouldn’t it maximize the pain felt by fossil fuel consumers worldwide, thereby boosting the sales of solar panels, batteries, and electric vehicles?"

"Many political analysts have proposed answers to those questions," Hart writes. "China values stability generally. China wants to be seen as the adult in the room in global politics. China might want to do the Trump administration a favor in the hope of a reciprocal benefit in the future. China might even prefer continued Republican control of the U.S. government."

"All these speculations need to be seen in the light of a cold, hard economic fact: China exports more than cleantech."

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

Great thread....

[Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm]

1/ Trump's OSTP just dropped "A New Golden Age" — a big vision for reforming US science: less bureaucracy, more risk-taking, DARPA-style bold bets. Sounds great. Except it's landing inside an administration whose actual actions look nothing like it.

https://t.co/QFv3XBqLPW

[Council on Foreign Relations @CFR_org]

President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated the wind and solar tax credits at the heart of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

A year on, the law’s preserved incentives for geothermal, advanced nuclear, and grid-scale storage may do more to cut global emissions than the credits it eliminated, argues expert @ProfDavidHart.

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

Name's Nixon. I'm in China for a little while. https://t.co/YTHTxWuofl

[Brad Setser @Brad_Setser]

The scale of China's transformation into an auto export powerhouse is easy for Americans to miss -- given the protected US market. It is an incredibly rapid transformation of the global economy.

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

Thanks to Prof. Kathleen Kennedy and the rest of the team @CtrGlobSust and to the Energy and Environment Program @SloanFoundation for their work & support
https://t.co/0fNk7Kg33y

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

I'm pleased to share two new policy briefs by participants in the University of Maryland & George Mason University Energy Innovation Policy Boot Camp. These briefs are based on and provide links to the authors' peer-reviewed research. https://t.co/0fNk7Kg33y

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

The second, by @CSpandagos of UNH, analyzes eligibility for public programs that alleviate energy poverty. He finds that traditional metrics exclude a large fraction of the energy-poor population. https://t.co/V4hMcYfe51