What energy levels can the Earth sustain?

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2469-2474

  Moriarty, Patrick ^a   Honnery, Damon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forecasting; Fossil fuels

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURIES; ANNUAL PRODUCTIONS; ECONOMIC CONCERNS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY LEVELS; ENERGY OPTIONS; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HIGH ENERGIES; PRIMARY ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; TECHNICAL POTENTIALS; TIME FRAMES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING; FOSSIL FUELS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY FLUX; ENERGY PLANNING; ENERGY USE; FORECASTING METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NUCLEAR POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 65549116098     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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