Gesellschaftliche Risiken und ihre Minimierung bei Energieumwandlung und -nutzung

The use of energy leads to so-called external or social costs which are not covered by present energy prices (e.g. environmental damage, health damage). In order to internalize these costs into energy prices (e.g. by energy taxes), it is necessary to identify, quantify and monetize them. the paper gives an overview on attempts to monetize energyrelated environmental costs inn the FRG, showing the limited state of the art in this field.