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Energy, Present and Future

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Towards a Cleaner Planet

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It is useful to look back into the past when trying to understand the present, and when attempting to analyze the future, particularly in the case of energy, whose role in development has been and will continue to be fundamental.

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Eibenschutz, J. (2007). Energy, Present and Future. In: Klapp, J., Cervantes-Cota, J.L., Chávez Alcalá, J.F. (eds) Towards a Cleaner Planet. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71345-6_2

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