State and explain two ways in which domestic fuel consumption gives rise to negative externalities.
- Emissions from power stations cause healthcare costs to local residents.2) Pollutants cause increasing health costs which the taxpayer has to meet(A negative externality is a spillover cost affecting third parties)
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