Time to rethink energy research

Elizabeth Shove ()
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Elizabeth Shove: Lancaster University

Nature Energy, 2021, vol. 6, issue 2, 118-120

Abstract: Energy research works with units and concepts forged in an age of fossil fuel, leading to problem formulations that reinforce current societal practices and patterns of consumption. Achieving low-carbon energy goals depends on shifting demand to match supply and reconceptualizing interactions between time and energy.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41560-020-00739-9

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