The Mauritius 2050 Pathways Calculator

Examples

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Average temperature of homes	?	1	2	3	4
Home insulation	?	1	gate.io app	3	4
Home lighting & appliances	?	1	2	3	gate io app
Home cooking	?	1	2	3	4
Growth in industry output	?	A	B	C
Energy intensity of industry	?	1	2	3
Commercial demand for heating and cooling	?	1	2	3	4
Commercial lighting & appliances	gateio login	1	2	3	4
Commercial cooking	?	A	B
Storage & demand shifting	?	1	2	3	4

Offshore wind	?	1	2	3	4
Onshore wind	?	1	2	3	4
Wave	?	1	2	3	4
Biomass power stations	?	1	2	3	4
Solar panels for electricity	?	1	2	3	4
Solar panels for hot water	?	1	2	3	4
Hydroelectric power stations	?	1	2	3	4
Domestic transport behaviour	?	1	2	3	4
Shift to low emission transport	?	1	2	3	4
Choice of zero-emission technology	?	A	B	C	D

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?	Question marks take you to one page descriptions of each choice
1	The least effort possible on this choice.
2	Viewed as ambitious, but reasonable by most experts.
3	Viewed as unlikely without significant change from the current system and/or significant technological breakthroughs
4	The upper end of what is thought to be physically plausible by the most optimistic observer.
A – D	A range of options where one alternative is not neccesiarily harder than another

We would like your help to develop this tool. Please click here to find out more about our methodology and suggest improvements. Before viewing the cost implications of your choices, please note that:

1. The Calculator expresses pathway costs as 'average pounds per person per year'. This is not the same as your energy bill. It is the cost of everything the UK buys that makes, converts, saves or uses energy: from kettles and insulation foam to trains and power stations. You can choose to see the results in different units when using the excel version of the Calculator.
2. The Calculator does not choose any options automatically, regardless of their cost.
3. The Calculator uses forecasts from credible sources of how technology and fuel costs might rise or fall over time. You vary these forecasts using the cost sensitivity implication from the menu on the top left. The full set of data points is available on the wiki.
4. The cost of not tackling climate change is not included in the Calculator. The Stern review estimated that failing to tackle climate change could reduce global GDP by up to 20%. This is the equivalent of up to £6,500 per person per year on average, on top of the cost of the energy system.
5. Some other important effects have been excluded from the Calculator. The costs of travelling less or with different modes of transport, having colder homes or fewer goods, and changing the appearance of our houses or landscape are not included. Nor are profits, taxes, subsidies or economies of scale driven by pathway choices. The Calculator includes only the physical costs of constructing, operating and fuelling equipment.
6. Costs are just one feature for comparing 2050 pathways. The Calculator provides information on other impacts, as well as some illustrative pathways to compare your choices with.