“Another EPA study of the Clean Air Act36 found that a more complete accounting of health care costs would lead to greater reductions in the annual costs of respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations by up to $488 million for respiratory and $809 million for cardiovascular hospitalizations (in 2006 dollars).”[1]
Those costs are now worth well over $1 billion in 2022 dollars. If invested, that would alone pay for transformative amounts of renewable energy. What if instead of fintech bros piling their millions into the next get-rich-quick crypto scheme, we could think of ways to invest prior to chronic yet foreseeable health conditions? Some long-term investments for a cleaner and healthier future.
1-https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00081