Meeting the world's energy needs entirely with wind, water, and solar power

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 30-40

  Delucchi, Mark A ^a   Jacobson, Mark Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Climate change; Fossil fuels; Hydropower; Nuclear power; Solar power; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884649079     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340213494115     Document Type: Article

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