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The sower's way: quantifying the narrowing net-energy pathways to a global energy transition

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The sower's way: quantifying the narrowing net-energy pathways to a global energy transition. / Sgouridis, Sgouris; Csala, Denes; Bardi, Ugo.
In: Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 11, No. 9, 094009, 07.09.2016.

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Sgouridis, S, Csala, D & Bardi, U 2016, 'The sower's way: quantifying the narrowing net-energy pathways to a global energy transition', Environmental Research Letters, vol. 11, no. 9, 094009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094009

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Sgouridis, S., Csala, D., & Bardi, U. (2016). The sower's way: quantifying the narrowing net-energy pathways to a global energy transition. Environmental Research Letters, 11(9), Article 094009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094009

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Sgouridis S, Csala D, Bardi U. The sower's way: quantifying the narrowing net-energy pathways to a global energy transition. Environmental Research Letters. 2016 Sept 7;11(9):094009. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094009

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Sgouridis, Sgouris ; Csala, Denes ; Bardi, Ugo. / The sower's way : quantifying the narrowing net-energy pathways to a global energy transition. In: Environmental Research Letters. 2016 ; Vol. 11, No. 9.

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