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Equitable considerations in balancing the energy equation.

Author(s) -

W.A. Thomas

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.7932255

Subject(s) - equity (law) , balance (ability) , public economics , business , energy demand , environmental economics , risk analysis (engineering) , economics , natural resource economics , medicine , political science , law , physical medicine and rehabilitation

Decisions concerning how we balance energy supply and demand should not be made by quantitative cost-benefit analyses alone. The distributions of costs and benefits among individuals, groups of individuals, nations, and generations raise questions of equity that need to be addressed forthrightly. Doing so can help rather than impede the decision-making process.

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