The combustion of fossil fuels generates a certain level of social costs. As long as you're using FF, you're generating those costs. The policy question then becomes ...
The only way to truly reduce or eliminate the costs ...
So when Trump & Wheeler say they are "reducing costs" through deregulation, they are lying. They aren't reducing costs, they are transferring costs from the private sector to the public.
Say it with me: someone pays the social costs of FF. The only question is who.