What Is One Way to Reduce the Climate Change Impacts

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Essay

What is one way to reduce the climate change impacts of burning coal for electricity generation?

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Definitions:

Implicit Costs

Additional costs that do not appear on the financial statements of a company. These costs include items such as the opportunity cost of capital.

Economic Profits

Profits that exceed the opportunity costs of all resources used by the firm, including both explicit and implicit costs.

Sunk Costs

Costs that cannot be recovered. They are unavoidable even in the long run.

Economic Environment

The economic environment consists of all the external economic factors that influence buying habits, business operations, and growth prospects of entities.