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Title: Energy and environment; The light path

Abstract

This paper reports that for 200 years, the world has progressively lightened its energy diet by favoring hydrogen atoms over carbon in our hydrocarbon stew. The successful decarbonization of the energy system, the key to the alleviation of numerous environmental problems, will ultimately depend on the use of pure hydrogen fuel produced form sources and processes that are carbon-free. The outlook for aggregate reductions in the materials that an individual consumes, dematerialization, is less certain. Rapid evolution of the energy system along its current trajectory, combined with cultural change, can avert the environmental danger.danger.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Rockefeller Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6908342
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Energy Systems and Policy; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 15:3; Journal ID: ISSN 0090-8347
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; CARBON; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN FUELS; ELEMENTS; FUELS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHETIC FUELS; 290300* - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety; 295000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Hydrogen & Synthetic Fuels

Citation Formats

Ausubel, J H. Energy and environment; The light path. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
Ausubel, J H. Energy and environment; The light path. United States.
Ausubel, J H. 1991. "Energy and environment; The light path". United States.
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abstractNote = {This paper reports that for 200 years, the world has progressively lightened its energy diet by favoring hydrogen atoms over carbon in our hydrocarbon stew. The successful decarbonization of the energy system, the key to the alleviation of numerous environmental problems, will ultimately depend on the use of pure hydrogen fuel produced form sources and processes that are carbon-free. The outlook for aggregate reductions in the materials that an individual consumes, dematerialization, is less certain. Rapid evolution of the energy system along its current trajectory, combined with cultural change, can avert the environmental danger.danger.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6908342}, journal = {Energy Systems and Policy; (United States)},
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year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991}
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