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USING OXYGENATED FUELS TO MITIGATE CARBON MONOXIDE AIR POLLUTION: THE CASE OF DENVER
Author(s) -
ROWE ROBERT D.,
SHELBY MICHAEL G.,
EPEL JOSHUA B.,
MICHELSEN ARI
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1990.tb00580.x
Subject(s) - air pollution , carbon monoxide , environmental science , pollution , metropolitan area , greenhouse gas , carbon oxide , waste management , environmental protection , natural resource economics , chemistry , engineering , economics , ecology , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , catalysis , medicine , pathology
Using alternative fuels to reduce air pollution has received considerable interest lately. Recently, the Denver metropolitan area initiated a program requiring the use of oxygenated fuels so as to reduce carbon monoxide air pollution. This paper documents the environmental and economic impacts of the first year of the Denver program. In addition, it compares the costs of using oxygenated fuels with those of other policies that could be implemented so as to reduce carbon monoxide air pollution.