Full report
How 3-D Printing Could Decrease Carbon Emissions. Or Maybe Increase Them.
Op-eds & Essays by Jason Bordoff • June 08, 2016
Morningside Campus Access and Status Updates
Orange Level: CUID holders and pre-authorized guests only.
Read more about the color-coded campus status level system and current campus access points.
Op-eds & Essays by Jason Bordoff • June 08, 2016
One of the most exciting areas of advanced manufacturing is 3-D printing. While it has been around for many years to produce crude prototypes, 3-D printing is now being used to make everything from jet engines and complex machine parts to bridges and buildings, artificial limbs and biomedical tissue. One company is even producing 3-D printing machines for use by NASA in space to avoid costly space flights to supply the International Space Station. It is still too early to determine the full potential of 3-D printing, but the technology is advancing quickly. Yet the environmental impacts of 3-D printing have been little studied, and may cut the other way too, writes Jason Bordoff in the Wall Street Journal.
Why is the United States struggling to enact policies to reduce carbon emissions? Conventional wisdom holds that the wealthy and powerful are to blame, as the oligarchs and corporations that wield disproportionate sway over politicians prioritize their short-term financial interests over the climate’s long-term health.
Full report
Op-eds & Essays by Jason Bordoff • June 08, 2016