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Study estimates added costs of US energy production

10/26/2009
By Nick Snow
US energy production and consumption cost an estimated $120 billion, primarily from motor vehicle and electric power plant emissions, beyond market prices in 2005, the National Research Council said in a study.Such added costs were significantly lower from power plants using natural gas instead of coal, but "remarkably similar among various fuels and technologies" for transportation fuels, the congressionally mandated report said.The examination attempted to look past market prices for oil, gas, coal, and other energy sources and their transportation and power generation fuels and at human health costs from air pollution, according to the council, which is part of the National A...
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