Sentences with phrase «pollution real costs»

Then if fossil fuel externalities were factored in — harms to environ, acid rain, dead lakes / forests / soils, corroded property & lungs, local pollution real costs (from small particulate matter & toxins), military protection of supplies & diplomatic wheeling - dealing costs, etc. etc — alt energy would likely prove much cheaper.

Not exact matches

A truly portable solar cooker such as this could be a real gamechanger for car - campers and day - trippers, tailgaters and picnic - ers, backyard grillers and office lunches, because it offers near - instant heat, has no fuel costs and generates zero pollution, and is a perfectly appropriate workaround to fire bans.

I used to think massive investment in basic science might be our only way out, but when I read about the real cost for producing electric cars (ex., greenhouse gases used to make batteries), subsidized solar companies going under because they can not compete with China (which doesn't care about labor needs or pollution), etc., then I wonder about that too.

, and Putin — create new industries and jobs in clean energy products and services — reduce payroll taxes — make fossil fuels include more of their real costs, including health / pollution and our mega military spending in the Middle East — AND, apply the marketplace to force real major mitigation of global warming rise.

The costs of pollution are real; simply put: if a company were to produce enough pollution they could kill their entire market.

By 1990, U.S. pollution control costs had reached $ 125 billion annually, nearly a 300 % increase in real terms from 1972 levels.

4) Coal, from the USA perspective, is a readily available low cost source of energy, especially well suited for large power generation units, where flue gas can be cleaned up efficiently, avoiding real pollution.

In particular, it shows that Canada can be competitively ambitious in shaping a 21st century economy that internalizes the real costs of pollution.

And while Victor may again make some handwaving assertions that the cost would be even higher than three times what the IPCC summary says — the fact is that the economic models are notoriously conservative when it comes to accurately figuring out how technological innovation and real world ingenuity drives down the cost of pollution prevention and low carbon technologies.

While cars have brought pollution, congestion, and road rage to cities, bicycles can lead to cost savings from improved mobility, reduced wear and tear on roads, and less valuable real estate devoted to parking.

So the real cost of a gallon of gasoline would include compensation for all the harms it's done to that point (in extraction, transport, processing, etc), and all harms it will do, including global heating harms, acid rain, and local pollution, including small particulate matter.

While, say, wasting wind power doesn't create more pollution, the opportunity cost is real, and the wasted energy won't go to displace polluting one, or won't be used to do useful things.