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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (473 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.790973
• Soggetto topico: Energy industries - Environmental aspects - United States; Energy consumption - Environmental aspects - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hidden costs of energy
• ISBN: 0-309-15580-0; 0-309-14641-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787157203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II