Hidden costs of energy : unpriced consequences of energy production and use / Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption ; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Corporate Authors: National Academies (U.S.). Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Energy for electricity
  • Energy for transportation
  • Energy for heat
  • Climate change
  • Infrastructure and security
  • Overall conclusions and recommendations
  • References
  • Abbreviations
  • Common units and conversions
  • Appendixes: Biographic information on the committee on health, environmental, and other external costs and benefits of energy production and consumption
  • A simple diagrammatic example of an externality
  • Description of APEEP model and its application
  • Description of Greet and MOBILE6 models and their applications
  • Supplemental information on land-use externalities from biofuels: a case study of the Boone River watershed.