Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee...
by kortilla on Friday May 07, 2021 @05:46AM
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> but the ongoing externalities and subsidies for fossil fuels are already extremely expensive to society
Not really, that’s why it’s an externality. The damage in the US caused by climate change is maybe a few billion annually in increased hurricanes right now. That’s only like $10/person a year.
This is why it requires getting people to understand the future damage that will be caused. What’s happening now isn’t enough to justify doubling electricity costs, etc because most citizens aren’t feeling any pain from climate change.
> the costs in terms of healthcare and QALYs just due to air pollution alone are tremendous.
CO2 != “air pollution” in the sense that causes health problems.
Not really, that’s why it’s an externality. The damage in the US caused by climate change is maybe a few billion annually in increased hurricanes right now. That’s only like $10/person a year.
This is why it requires getting people to understand the future damage that will be caused. What’s happening now isn’t enough to justify doubling electricity costs, etc because most citizens aren’t feeling any pain from climate change.
> the costs in terms of healthcare and QALYs just due to air pollution alone are tremendous.
CO2 != “air pollution” in the sense that causes health problems.