If the United States intends to meet the Department of Energy’s goal of producing 20 percent of the nation’s electricity from wind power, some 3,000 wind farms will need to be built.1,2 Though some surveys show that the public is generally in favor of wind energy, the “Not in My Backyard” attitude is common and […]
Author Archives: Gautam Sethi
Gautam Sethi is associate professor of economics at Bard’s Center for Environmental Policy. His research interests include natural resources and environmental economics, applied microeconomics, game theory, philosophy of economics, and history of economic thought. Previously, he worked in India on linkages between energy, the economy, and the environment and on associated policy issues.