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Keeping the lights on. / Walker, Gordon.
Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector. London: Routledge, 2019. p. 68-77.

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Walker, G 2019, Keeping the lights on. in Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector. Routledge, London, pp. 68-77. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429397813-8

APA

Walker, G. (2019). Keeping the lights on. In Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector (pp. 68-77). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429397813-8

Vancouver

Walker G. Keeping the lights on. In Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector. London: Routledge. 2019. p. 68-77 doi: 10.4324/9780429397813-8

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Walker, Gordon. / Keeping the lights on. Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector. London : Routledge, 2019. pp. 68-77

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