This content is no longer available. It was a pre-publication draft of a section of “Energy Limits to Growth,” a report that will be published in expanded form by Post Carbon Institute and International Forum on globalization in May.
The conservation imperative: energy limits to growth and the path to sustainability – part II
By Richard Heinberg, originally published by Museletter / Global Public Media
February 24, 2009
Richard Heinberg
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