The current status and possible sustainable paths to energy "generation" and use

2010 1st International Nuclear and Renewable Energy Conference, INREC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lior, Noam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT STATUS; GOVERNMENT FUNDING; NUCLEAR FUSION; REBOUND EFFECT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RESOURCES CONSUMPTION; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; WATER DESALINATION;

DESALINATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 77953275670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INREC.2010.5462556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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