Swedish nuclear dilemma: Energy and the environment
One of the things that makes life both very frustrating and also very interesting is that accomplishing one objective frequently means backpedaling on another. Since economics is the study of tradeoffs, this means that there is generally plenty for economists to do. William Nordhaus is one of the best economists anywhere, and he has written a wonderful book about the tradeoffs faced by one country--Sweden--if and as it acts on a decision its citizens made in 1980 to phase out the use of nuclear power there. The author adds that this decision has been reaffirmed by the Swedish Parliament on several occasions since the 1980 referendum, though with some elusive qualifications. What will be both the environmental and also the economic implications of a Swedish phaseout of the use of nuclear power to generate electricity there. These are the two issues Nordhaus addresses in this book.
- Research Organization:
- Resources for the Future, Inc., Washington, DC (United States); Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, MD (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6210184
- Report Number(s):
- JHUP-0265/XAB; ISBN: 0-915707-84-5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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