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1. Introduction

Author : Lubos Matejicek

Published in: Assessment of Energy Sources Using GIS

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Our standard of life and our advanced technology are highly dependent on an adequate supply of energy. More and more energy is needed to supply our homes with electricity, to drive our transport, to power our communications, and to support our industry. Our living standards are dependent on energy consumption, which is strikingly illustrated by the connection to average life expectancy. People in rich well-developed countries like Japan and in continents like North America and Europe use considerably more energy per person and have longer average life expectancy. At the other end of the scale, people in poorer countries, such as in some parts of Africa and Asia, have significantly lower energy consumption and average life expectancy. Without energy, all the conveniences of modern life would be impossible on the scale needed, and our civilization would soon collapse into barbarism.

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Metadata
Title
Introduction
Author
Lubos Matejicek
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Assessment of Energy Sources Using GIS

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-52693-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-52694-2

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52694-2_1

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