Scientific American presents “A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030″ in its November issue. In many ways, it sounds good. But let’s think about the details: What would the end result look like? Would it really be sustainable? What would the costs really be? Is there any way we could afford to do what is proposed?
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Scientific American’s Path to Sustainability: Let’s Think about the Details
17 Nov 2009 at 14:11
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