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.
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010.
- xxxii, 473 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9780309146401 (pbk.) 0309146402 (pbk.)
Energy industries--Environmental aspects--United States. Energy consumption--Environmental aspects--United States.