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| Tekijä: | Mills, E. Wilson, D. Johansson, T. B. |
| Otsikko: | Getting started: no-regrets strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Lehti: | Energy Policy
1991 : JUL-AUG, VOL. 19:6, p. 526-542 |
| Asiasana: | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS SUPPLY AND DEMAND |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | Examples from the USA and Sweden suggest that industrialized countries can significantly reduce their energy sector greenhouse gas emissions within 10 to 20 years by implementing measures with no net economic costs to society. Example from a developing country /India/ shows that emissions can be constrained to current levels at a net economic benefit, even with doubling the electricity supply and even greater growth in the level of energy services delivered. A commitment to implementing policies can be justified on its economic merits alone. A wait-and-see policy is economically inefficient, and also forgoes non-economic benefits to society, such as enhanced national and international security. |
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