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Hidden costs of energy unpriced consequences of energy production and use
Title
Hidden costs of energy [electronic resource] : 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.
ISBN
9780309146418 (PDF)
0309146410 (PDF)
9780309146401
0309146402
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxxii, 473 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. maps.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Variant and related titles
National Academies Press.
Other formats
Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption. Hidden costs of energy. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Subjects
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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.
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