In praise of cooking gas subsidies: transitional fuels to advance health and equity
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Carlos F Gould,
Rob Bailis,
Kalpana Balakrishnan
et al.
Abstract:Households that burn biomass in inefficient open fires – a practice that results in $1.6 trillion in global damages from health impacts and climate-altering emissions yearly – are often unable to access cleaner alternatives, like gas, which is widely available but unaffordable, or electricity, which is unattainable for many due to insufficient supply and reliability of electricity services. Governments are often reluctant to make gas affordable. We argue that condemnation of all fossil fuel subsidies is short-… Show more
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