Estimating the benefits of emissions reductions in complex atmospheres Online publication date: Thu, 10-Jul-2014
by Darwin C. Hall, Jane. V Hall
International Journal of Global Energy Issues (IJGEI), Vol. 9, No. 4/5/6, 1997
Abstract: Air pollution is a globally ubiquitous consequence of increasing reliance on fossil fuel-based industrial, residential, electrical, and transportation energy systems. Controlling emissions can be costly, and it is therefore useful to evaluate the benefits of reduced pollution. Estimation of the damages resulting from pollution and economic evaluation of the benefits of avoiding that damage is confounded by the nature of the chemical transformations emissions undergo in the atmosphere. This paper describes the mechanics of damage estimation and valuation, and then develops and presents some practical and theoretical limitations of such estimation. The focus is on changes in ambient tropospheric ozone resulting from the activity of nitrogen oxides and non-methane volatile organic compounds. The chemical model of ozone formation is related to the neoclassical economic production model to demonstrate difficulties for estimating the derived demand for reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions.
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