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Energy consumption, energy resources and the place of electricity

Authors: Bernard MULTON, Yaël THIAUX, Hamid BEN AHMED

Publication date: February 10, 2011 | Lire en français

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    3. Primary energy consumption

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    3.1 World consumption and indicators

    In the first millennia of its history, man relied almost exclusively on renewable sources, and its population remained below 500 million until the Renaissance, as shown in figure 3 . Given its relatively low level of energy activity and the use of renewable sources, from an energy point of view, Man has...

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