Energy at the Crossroads

By V. Smil. 2003

189 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/9166d1d780c0c2a3a9fa985b847034daca13ff96

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1. David Zilberman
2. Deepak Rajagopal
3. T. Gomiero
4. Daniel M. Martínez
5. Ben W. Ebenhack

Citations in the corpus

• Soil Degradation, Land Scarcity and Food Security: Reviewing a Complex Challenge (2016, background): “Nevertheless, the future scenarios concerning energy supply are quite worrisome as many energy experts maintain that the production of oil has already peaked, and the peak of gas is on the way [29,161,163,183,184].”
• Structure optimization of ruthenium photosensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells - A goal toward a "bright" future (2012, background): “on-conventional energy sources such as, solar energy and wind nergy are known to be low-carbon emitting energy sources [4].”
• Review of Environmental, Economic and Policy Aspects of Biofuels (2007, background): “Finally in the words of Vaclav Smil (2003), “Long-term historical perspectives are truly invaluable; energy transitions are protracted, generations-long affairs; dubious claims made on behalf of small-scale, experimental and demonstration-size techniques are no substitutes for mercilessly critical a”
• Biofuels: Efficiency, Ethics, and Limits to Human Appropriation of Ecosystem Services (2010, unknown): “…a large substitution of fossil energy fuels with biofuels is not either feasible nor desirable because of (Pimentel et al. 1981; Hall et al. 1986; Smil 2003, 2008; Giampietro et al. 1997; Giampietro and Ulgiati 2005; Pimentel and Patzek 2005; MacKay 2009; Giampietro and Mayumi 2009; Pimentel…”
• Understanding the role of energy consumption in human development through the use of saturation phenomena (2008, result): “However, as a handful of other researchers have shown (Smil, 2003; Goldemberg, 2001; Pasternak, 2000; Dias et al., 2006), comparing PCEC to HDI, the relationship becomes undeniable.”
• The future of energy supply: Challenges and opportunities. (2007, unknown): “[16] V.”