A road map to U.S. decarbonization

Science

Volumn 313, Issue 5791, 2006, Pages 1243-1244

  Shinnar, Reuel ^a   Citro, Francesco ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL;

CARBON;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; UNITED STATES; WIND;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748334310     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1130338     Document Type: Review

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15. The authors thank M. Green Shinnar for editing.