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7 - Legacy Energy Transitions

from Part II - Net-Zero-Carbon Transitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Jay S. Golden
Jay S. Golden
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Syracuse University, New York
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What are the legacy energy sources and what are the impacts as we move to renewables?

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oilnatural gascoalExxonShell
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Dynamic Sustainability
Implications for Policy, Markets and National Security
 , pp. 82 - 97
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Legacy Energy Transitions
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.008
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  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.008
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