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Do alternative energy sources displace fossil fuels?
Description: A fundamental assumption of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports and many energy analysts is that each unit of energy supplied by non-fossil-fuel sources takes the place of a unit of energy supplied by fossil-fuel sources. This study shows that the average pattern across most nations of the world over the past fifty years is one where each unit of total national energy use from non-fossil-fuel sources displaced less than one-quarter of a unit of fossil-fuel energy use. [Source: Nature Climate Change]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1451
Availability: Summary
Source: Nature Climate Change
Publish Date: 3/12/2012
Reading Level: Expert
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