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		piva00 on Oct 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignitio... Here's a source for a recent meta-analysis of hidden costs of fossil fuels [1]. Findings on the abstract already corroborate the parent comment. [1] "The hidden costs of energy and mobility: A global meta-analysis and research synthesis of electricity and transport externalities" - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221462962...

xondono on Oct 12, 2021 [–]

The problem with this type of study is that it can by definition only cover the known externalities, but most of the price of externalities is far into the future. This means that the real margin of error is huge (and unknowable at this time).

akimball on Oct 12, 2021 | [–]

Also it misprices tail risk, marking it to zero

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