Ben-Haim, Yakov; Osteen, Craig D.; Moffitt, L. Joe - In: Ecological Economics 85 (2013) C, pp. 130-138
New ideas or technologies are often advocated because of their purported improvements on existing methods. However, what is new is usually less well-known and less widely tested than what is old. New methods may entail greater unknown dangers as well as greater potential advantages. The policy...