Moreover, the treatment incurs
lower societal costs (e.g., assessed using the patients» return to working life).
Not exact matches
«The overall significance is that although we already know that reducing methane emissions can bring great
societal benefits via decreased near - term warming and improved air quality, and that many of the sources can be controlled at
low or even negative
cost, we still need better data on emissions from particular sources,» Duke University climate sciences professor Drew Shindell said.
In conclusion, this study demonstrates the financial and
societal value of instituting a
low -
cost voucher program on a county - wide scale.
If observations eliminate the possibility that climate sensitivity is 4 or greater, the
low probability / high damage scenarios that inflate the
societal cost of carbon emissions disappear.
Because these types of distortions impose
societal costs beyond those of a simple carbon tax, the economic impacts modeled here will, if anything, be
lower than would actually occur in a regulatory scheme.
But rooftop offers location at the point of end - use, reliability benefits (especially when paired with storage),
societal and customer choice benefits, and
lower cost to customers than green pricing programs.
It is equally imperative that we do not destroy the environment we are trying to save by rushing to develop
low - emissions energy sources that will result in serious environmental harm, as well as high economic and
societal costs.
The vehicle has the potential to provide significant
societal benefits, including reduced fuel consumption, job creation and lifting people out of poverty by providing
low -
cost transportation that will allow people to get to jobs.
The simulation of scattered ICERs is presented in figure 1 where ICERs located in the southeastern quadrant suggest that ICBT is more effective at a
lower net
societal cost, whereas ICERs in the northwestern quadrant indicates that ICBT is less effective and more costly.
A focus on early nutrition is important, as diet is a targetable risk factor; improving maternal and / or childhood diet may help
lower the prevalence of early - onset conduct problems, thus
lowering substantial
societal and economic
costs associated with childhood CP and related adjustment problems (Hsia and Belfer 2008).