En-ROADS Dynamics
The En-ROADS User Guide contains information about the ranges of each slider in the “Slider Settings” sections throughout the guide. Each of the energy sup...
Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:52 PM
No. For any given scenario, you will get the same outcome regardless of the order in which you move the sliders. Each time you make a change in En-ROADS (su...
Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 11:01 AM
A carbon price and a tax on a fuel both discourage the use of fossil fuels, but there are some differences in how the fees are applied. The Carbon Price sli...
Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 11:44 AM
You can find information about the major dynamics in En-ROADS in the Background on En-ROADS Dynamics section, and on individual slider pages, within the En-...
Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 3:21 PM
Given the decline of coal recently in the U.S. and Europe, it may be surprising to see demand for coal growing in En-ROADS. Keeping coal in the ground is on...
Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 9:47 AM
En-ROADS does not currently incorporate the revenue from pricing mechanisms (such as a tax on a fuel, or a carbon price) into its economic calculations. How...
Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 3:23 PM
The net rate of removal is driven by the gap between carbon in the atmosphere and carbon stored in sinks: plants, soils, and oceans. Cutting emissions reduc...
Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 3:23 PM
The carbon price and emissions performance standard are two different types of policies for limiting emissions. The carbon price is market-driven by raising...
Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 3:24 PM
Energy demand from fossil fuels and renewables increases when you decrease transport energy efficiency, for example in this scenario. If you decrease th...
Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 10:55 AM
The New Zero Carbon slider simulates the discovery of a brand-new cheap source of electricity that does not emit greenhouse gases. Some speculate that such ...
Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 1:26 PM