National Research Council Chinese Academy of Seiences Chinese Academy of Engineering by Institute of Medicien

Author:Institute of Medicien
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Energy and Energy Conservation
Publisher: NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Published: 2000-07-31T16:00:00+00:00

22 There have been several strategies developed to achieve emissions reductions in the United States beginning with the 1993 Climate Change Action Plan. Other efforts include Technology Options to Reduce U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Scenarios of U.S. Carbon Reductions: Potential Impacts of Energy-Efficient and Low-Carbon Technologies by 2010 and Beyond.

A great deal of work has been done in the United States to quantify the external costs associated with energy production and use,23 though there has been little success in incorporating these costs in the price of energy (see “Barriers to Deployment of Advanced Technologies and Practices” later in this chapter). Major energy-related problems include water quality, waste disposal, coal mine disturbance, radioactive emissions and waste, and air emissions, including health effects of particulates and acid rain impact on agriculture and buildings. Because air pollution control is of the greatest significance to the Chinese situation, a brief overview of the U.S. experience is provided for context.

23 See the report series prepared by Resources for the Future and Oak Ridge National Laboratory on estimating externalities of fuel cycles (ORNL/RFF, 1992-96).

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