State and explain two ways in which domestic fuel consumption gives rise to negative externalities.

  1. 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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