Abstract
The role of nuclear energy to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions continues to be a contentious issue in many countries. Public debate is often convoluted and largely revolves around price and costs of energy production technologies as well as their contribution to climate change. Here, we first dissect two interwoven factors bound to produce confusion in the price-cost debate: temporal discounting and external costs. We then explore how a stronger focus on risk ethics could contribute to the debate on nuclear energy for sustainability.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 287-291 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISSN | 0940-5550 |
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| Publication status | Published - 27.10.2023 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 by the authors; licensee oekom. This Open Access article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 13 Climate Action
Research areas and keywords
- energy production
- nuclear power
- risk ethics
- sustainable energy
- Sustainability Science
- Sustainability sciences, Communication
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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