Beyond sustainababble

State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-18

  Engelman, Robert ^a  

^a WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84937875989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-458-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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23. Figure 1-3 based on data from BP, BP Statistical Review of World Energy (London: 2012).
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