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Examining energy transitions: A dozen insights based on performance

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6464139 Energy Research & Social Science 2016 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Replacing the current global energy system relying overwhelmingly on fossil fuels by biofuels and by electricity generated intermittently from renewable sources will be necessarily a prolonged, multidecadal process.

Keywords
CO2 emissionsEnergy transitionsDecarbonizationBiofuelsFossil fuels
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Examining energy transitions: A dozen insights based on performance
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Vaclav Smil,
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