Costs and Benefits of Energy Sources
Energy sources have advantages and disadvantages along several different dimensions.
Direct Benefits
These are the advantages of a climate change mitigation strategy or energy source that are immediate consequences of the strategy.
A switch from natural gas heating to direct solar heating would have the direct benefit of reducing CO2 emissions.
Indirect Benefits and Co-Benefits
Added benefits of climate change mitigation strategies beyond the direct benefits of climate stability.
These can be useful to communicate to stakeholders that don’t have a strong interest in the direct climate benefits of a policy or technology.
Categories of Co-Benefits
- Health Benefits
- Fossil fuel combustion inside and outside of homes is showing clear health effects.
- MDPI gas stoves and asthma
- The Lancet 2022 Update
- Labor Productivity Benefits
- Job Opportunities
- Energy Price Stability
- Reliability