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The global energy sector is currently undergoing a period of fundamental change. Increasing demand is threatening to outstrip the world’s limited energy resources, resulting in high and very volatile commodity prices. At the same time, industrialized nations are becoming increasingly dependent on energy imports from just a handful of countries, and the world is waking up to the negative and irreversible consequences of climate change. These developments have a major bearing on the future energy supply situation and require new and sustainable solutions. The challenges are great: government and business must work together to meet them if end consumers are to have a reliable, affordable supply of energy into the future.
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Brinker, W. (2007). Our Energy Supply Future - 10 BULLENSEE ASSUMPTIONS. In: Gómez, J.M., Sonnenschein, M., Müller, M., Welsch, H., Rautenstrauch, C. (eds) Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-71335-7_1
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