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Yale Environment 360: Fossil Fuel Burning in U.S. Estimated to Cause 20,000 Early Deaths
FUTURISM NOW: Fossil Fuels Are Too Expensive and Have Too Many Health Risks
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see also http://bit.ly/3BsXoq RT @pomeranian99: What's a life worth? $6M, according to the Natl Academy of Sciences: http://bit.ly/3RAvDB 10/22/2009 |
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RT @pomeranian99 What's a life worth? $6million, according to the http://bit.ly/3RAvDB [Not when deciding whether to make road improvements] 10/22/2009 |
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What's a life worth? $6 million, according to the National Academy of Sciences: http://bit.ly/3RAvDB 10/21/2009 |
Fossil Fuel Burning in U.S. Estimated to Cause 20,000 Early Deaths
Yale Environment 360 —
A National Academy of Sciences report on the hidden costs of burning fossil fuels estimates that 20,000 people die prematurely each year in the U.S. because of pollution associated with burning coal and oil. The report, commissioned by Congress and entitled “Hidden Costs of Energy,” also said that electric cars that run on energy produced by coal-fired power plants are no cleaner than gasoline-burning cars and may cause even more environmental damage when factoring in the cost of producing the batteries in electric vehicles. The report also estimated ...
Fossil Fuels Are Too Expensive and Have Too Many Health Risks
FUTURISM NOW —
... It’s available to read online for free. The report on the hidden costs of burning fossil fuels estimates that 20,000 people die prematurely each year in the U.S. because of pollution associated with burning coal and oil. The report was commissioned by Congress and entitled “ Hidden Costs of Energy ,” also said that electric cars that run on energy produced by coal-fired power plants are no cleaner than gasoline-burning cars and may cause even more environmental damage when factoring in the cost of producing the batteries in electric vehicles. Keep in mind this does not ...
GE, clean tech and your tax dollars
Marc Gunther —
... In any event, the tax dollars backing GE’s venture portfolio may turn out to be well spent. If A123, Southwest Windpower and Soliant all do well, they will create thousands of “green jobs” and help the world deal with the climate crisis–thereby delivering benefits to all of us. That’s the logic behind the government support. What’s more, we all pay the hidden costs of burning fossil fuels, as my friend Matt Wald reported this morning in the New York Times: ...
NRC: Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S. $120 billion a year — not counting mercury or climate impacts!
Climate Progress —
... the external costs of energy, costs that are certainly not factored into its market price. Requested by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the report reveals that there are substantial “hidden” costs to our energy production and use, primarily reflected in damages to human health. The report monetizes these unseen energy costs at $120 billion annually by tracing the full cycle of our energy use—extraction, development, deployment, and waste. These costs result in the death of 20,000 people each year—10,000 due to coal alone. ...
NRC: Burning fossil fuels costs the United States about $120 billion a year — not counting mercury impacts or climate impacts!
Climate Progress —
... the external costs of energy, costs that are certainly not factored into its market price. Requested by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the report reveals that there are substantial “hidden” costs to our energy production and use, primarily reflected in damages to human health. The report monetizes these unseen energy costs at $120 billion annually by tracing the full cycle of our energy use—extraction, development, deployment, and waste. These costs result in the death of 20,000 people each year—10,000 due to coal alone. ...
Linking Climate Change & Clean Energy Solutions With Health Insurance Reform
Conservation Value Notes —
The N.Y. times reminds us just how connected the solutions to our major societal problems are. It turns out that the main problem driving climate change is also a HUGE contributor to our exorbitant health care costs: Burning fossil fuels costs the United States about $120 billion a year in health costs, mostly because of thousands of premature deaths from air pollution, the National Academy of Sciences reported in a study issued Monday. The damages are caused almost equally by coal and oil, according to the ...
NRC: Burning Fossil Fuels Costs the US $120 Billion a Year - Not Counting Mercury or Climate Impacts
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... explores the external costs of energy, costs that are certainly not factored into its market price. Requested by Congress in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the report reveals that there are substantial “hidden” costs to our energy production and use, primarily reflected in damages to human health. The report monetizes these unseen energy costs at $120 billion annually by tracing the full cycle of our energy use—extraction, development, deployment, and waste. These costs result in the death of 20,000 people each year —10,000 due to coal alone . The NRC reports that most of the ...
Who's to Blame for All the Dithering on Climate Legislation?
Ecoearth.info Blog —
... " of the talks yesterday, "threatening to do so again unless wealthy nations commit to cutting carbon." Meanwhile, the burning of coal and oil is killing 20,000 Americans each year and costing $120 billion annually. The United States spends a ...
