Publisher's Synopsis
This report to the department of Trade and Industry is made by the Centre for Social and Economic research on the Global Environment. Its purpose is to survey available literature on the monetary estimation of the social costs of energy production and use and focuses on electrical production.;The text should be of use to senior management in all energy industries (coal, oil, gas, nuclear energy, wind, tide, wave, hydro-electric, solar, landfill gas and geothermal energy). It should also be of interest to students, researchers and commentators in this field, environmentalists and socio-economic commentators.