Environmental and health hazards from power generation. External costs of power generating systems

The most important types of environmental and health hazards caused by various fossil, renewable and nuclear power generating techniques are described and as far as possible quantified. To permit their comparative evaluation, they are monetarized, i.e. they are expressed as external costs on the basis of the preferences of the population. The book offers a host of facts and argumentation aids for all who take an interest in the evaulation of power generating techniques and the framing of the future structure of power supply. Moreover, it provides concrete clues, for instance, on how to frame an ecological tax reform. (orig./MG)