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As never before in human history, energy demand and supply has become a political theme. The problems of the ‘limits to growth’, i.e. steadily increasing human activities on the one hand, and — in many aspects — limited resources on the other hand, have been spelled out very distinctly in the context of energy consumption.
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Faude, D. (1979). Long-Term Energy Systems and the Role of Nuclear and Solar Energy. In: Riazuddin (eds) Physics and Contemporary Needs. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3587-0_3
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