Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use

摘要: Despite the many benefits of energy, most which are reflected in energy market prices, production, distribution, and use causes negative effects. Many these effects not prices. When failures like this occur, there may be a case for government interventions form regulations, taxes, fees, tradable permits, or other instruments that will motivate recognition external hidden costs. The Hidden Costs Energy defines evaluates key costs associated with but damage estimates presented substantial reflect damages from air pollution electricity generation, motor vehicle transportation, heat generation. book also considers quantified dollar amounts, such as climate change, some pollutants mercury, risks to national security. While comprehensive guide policy, analysis indicates major initiatives further reduce emissions, improve efficiency, shift cleaner generating mix could substantially A first step minimizing adversemore » consequences new technologies is better understand damages. therefore vital informational tool policy makers, scientists, economists even earliest stages research development on technologies.« less