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The generation of electric power for supplying the populations of large cities is effected at an elevated cost, given that this cost does not include solely the price of generating the electric power itself, i.e., production, storage, labor, maintenance of installations, distribution, etc., but, in addition, bears the associated costs of damage to the environment due to the production of residual pollutants, and the consequent damage to the health of humans, and to the flora and fauna.
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Gonzalez, A.J., Sanchez-Juarez, A., Fernandez, A., Mathew, X., Sebastian, P.J. (2007). Converting Solar Radiation to Electric Power in Mexico. In: Klapp, J., Cervantes-Cota, J.L., Chávez Alcalá, J.F. (eds) Towards a Cleaner Planet. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71345-6_19
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