Life Cycle Assessment
Life cycle assessment
has been developed as a tool for assessing the cradle-to-grave impacts
of a product or process. Costs are calculated as the sum of the traditional
manufacturing costs and the environmental costs, which include the disposal
and environmental degradation costs (due to e.g.. acid vain and global
warning). This approach is particularly important in a comparison of
the cost of coal burning and renewable power plants because of their
dissimilar cost structures for coal-burning power plants. The costs
of the combustion ash disposal, emission of air pollutants (
CO2,
SO2,
NOx, etc.) must be included; while
for renewable solar power planets, the costs of batteries (required
for power storage) must be included.
Environmental/societal Costs
of Energy
The Cost of Primary Battery
Power
Life Cycle Assessment
The Cost of Rechargeable
Battery Power
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