<div>Parts of the book, perhaps the entire book, referenced in the subject heading, can be read online for free, off the website at the bottom of this post.</div>
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<div>It's well known that many of the negative impacts of fossil fuel energy dependence (externalities) are not priced into the market values of oil, coal and natural gas. If these impacts were included in the cost of these energy sources, they would be much more expensive; and thus other non-fossil fuel energy sources with ostensibly fewer negative impacts would be more favorably positioned in the marketplace. As long as oil and coal corporations can outspend any other interest group, which combined they most certainly can, to manipulate the public, public policy and government, it is doubtful that oil and coal energy costs will ever reflect the full impacts of these energy sources, especially after the recent US Supreme Court ruling to allow unlimited spending by interest groups in the political process, <strong><em>unless from intense widespread grass roots public pressure.</em></strong> This is a long shot, given that media of all forms can be bought to promote oil and coal corporation propaganda, which many in the public will swallow. Nonetheless, there is no other sane option but to attempt to educate the public regarding these issues: </div>
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<div>From website above about the National Academies Press:<br> </div>
<div>"The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the <a href="http://www.nas.edu/">National Academy of Sciences</a>, the <a href="http://www.nas.edu/nae">National Academy of Engineering</a>, the <a href="http://www.nas.edu/iom">Institute of Medicine</a>, and the <a href="http://www.nas.edu/nrc">National Research Council</a>..."</div>
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<h1>Hidden Costs of Energy:</h1>
<h2>Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use</h2></div></div>
<div><a href="http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12794#description">http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12794#description</a></div>
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<div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div>