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Opportunities and challenges for a sustainable energy future [1]

Access to clean, affordable and reliable energy has been a cornerstone of the world’s increasing prosperity and economic
growth since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Our use of energy in the twenty-first century must also be sustainable. Solar and water-based energy generation, and engineering of microbes to produce biofuels are a few examples of the
alternatives. This Perspective puts these opportunities into a larger context by relating them to a number of aspects in the

Publication Date: 
16/08/2012
Steven Chu [2], Arun Majumdar [3]
Nature [4]
488
7411
294-303
Tags:
Energy [5], Petrol [6], Transport [7], Battery Vehicles [8], Hybrid Electric [9], Auto Technology [10], Fuel Cell Vehicles [11], CNG [12], Natural Gas [13], Renewable Energy [14], Energy Efficiency [15], United States Of America (US) [16], Solar Energy [17], Wind Energy [18], Nuclear Energy [19], Carbon Dioxide [20], Fossil Fuels [21], Climate Change [22]

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