World population and energy demand growth: The potential role of fusion energy in an efficient world

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1752, 1999, Pages 377-395

  Sheffield, John ^a  

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Author keywords

Annual energy per capita; Energy demand; Mass efficiency; Nuclear fusion; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347600498     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1999.0333     Document Type: Article

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