Author: York, Richard
Description: Analysts implicitly assume that increasing renewable-energy generation by one unit displaces conventional energy by the same amount. Research now shows that, owing to the complexity of our socio-economic systems, each unit of total national non-fossil-fuel energy use displaced less than one-quarter of a unit of fossil-fuel energy use over the past 50 years.
Subject headings: Alternative energy; Fossil fuels; Renewable energy; Socio-economic; Energy use
Publication year: 2012
Journal or book title: Nature Climate Change
Volume: 2
Issue: 6
Pages: 441–443
Find the full text: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1451
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