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Richard Heinberg
Researcher at Post Carbon Institute
Publications - 2
Citations - 342
Richard Heinberg is an academic researcher from Post Carbon Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Resource (biology) & Environmental full-cost accounting. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 323 citations.
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Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal.
Paul R. Epstein,Jonathan J. Buonocore,Kevin Eckerle,Michael Hendryx,Benjamin M. Stout,Richard Heinberg,Richard W. Clapp,Beverly May,Nancy L. Reinhart,Melissa M. Ahern,Samir Doshi,Leslie W. Glustrom +11 more
TL;DR: This work estimates that the life cycle effects of coal and the waste stream generated are costing the U.S. public a third to over one‐half of a trillion dollars annually, and conservatively doubles to triples the price of electricity from coal per kWh generated, making wind, solar, and other forms of nonfossil fuel power generation, along with investments in efficiency and electricity conservation methods, economically competitive.
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Out of time?.: The end of oil
TL;DR: Heinberg as discussed by the authors argued that the end of oil constitutes the greatest economic challenge since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and that the UK will find itself increasingly reliant on unstable regions for its fuel supplies.