Sustainable energy roadmaps : guiding the global shift to domestic renewables / Alexander Ochs and S...
Sustainable energy roadmaps : guiding the global shift to domestic renewables / Alexander Ochs and S...
Sustainable energy roadmaps : guiding the global shift to domestic renewables / Alexander Ochs and Shakuntala Makhijani with Xing Fu-Bertaux, Matt Lucky, and Sam Shrank ; Lisa Mastny, editor.
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Washington, D.C. : Worldwatch Institute, c2012.
Washington, D.C. Worldwatch Institute, [2012]
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TQ080503
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46 pages : colored illustrations ; 28 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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The unsustainability of the current energy system -- Sustainable energy for all -- Sustainable energy roadmaps -- Analyzing energy efficiency potentials -- Assessing renewable energy resource potentials -- Integrating renewables into the grid -- Assessing socioeconomic impacts of the renewable energ...
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Washington, D.C. : Worldwatch Institute, c2012.
Washington, D.C. Worldwatch Institute, [2012]
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District of Columbia
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c2012.
[2012]
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Worldwide, over 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity and another 1 billion have unreliable access, with enormous consequences for their everyday lives. In addition, many countries spend a high share of their GDP on fossil fuel imports, making them dependent on foreign energy supplies and vulnerable to price fluctuations. The burning of fos...
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Sustainable energy roadmaps : guiding the global shift to domestic renewables / Alexander Ochs and Shakuntala Makhijani with Xing Fu-Bertaux, Matt Lucky, and Sam Shrank ; Lisa Mastny, editor.
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Worldwatch report ; 187.
"Although progress has been slow on a global agreement to address human-caused climate change, much is happening within individual nations and communities that offers promise for moving toward an energy system that is environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable"--P. 6.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-45)...
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c2012.
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TQ080503
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74VvQq4agqZg
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9781878071699 (pbk.)
1878071696 (pbk.)
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333.794
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991014432169702626
