Fossil fuel phase-out
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Fossil fuel phase out refers to the discontinuation of the use of fossil fuels, through the decommissioning of operating fossil fuel-fired power plants, the prevention of the construction of new ones, and the use of alternative energy to replace the role of fossil fuels.
The purpose of fossil fuel phase-out is to reduce the negative externalities that use of fossil fuels cause. Negative externalities refer to the costs a certain activity has over people who did not choose to incur in them. A direct negative externality from fossil fuels' use is air pollution, and an indirect negative externality are mining accidents, that happen as a consequence of the extraction of fossil fuels. Fossil fuel burning contributes to climate change, as it releases greenhouse gas emissions.
See also
- Beyond Coal
- Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future
- Burning the Future: Coal in America
- Clear Skies Act of 2003 (United States)
- Electricity generation
- Energy policy
- Environmental impact of the coal industry
- Fossil fuel divestment
- Georgia Power
- Negative externalities
- New Source Review
- Nuclear power phase-out
- POLES, an energy model
- Renewable energy commercialisation
- The Coal Question
- Thorium-based nuclear power
- Torrefaction, of biomass, for a coal-like replacement
