Abstract
All visions of a low-carbon society are based on the fact that one way or another they do not emit large quantities of carbon dioxide and other anthropogenic greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, as do so many developed and developing societies today. However, beyond that, such visions differ markedly in their various technical, behavioural and economic characteristics. A low-carbon society is not necessarily a lowenergy society, nor even a low-fossil fuel society. For example, many low-carbon scenarios see widespread deployments of coal-fired power stations using carbon capture and storage technologies as vital planks in the transition to a low-carbon future, as well as the use of large-scale renewables and nuclear power.
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Peake, S. (2012). What is a Low-Carbon Society?. In: Herring, H. (eds) Living in a Low-Carbon Society in 2050. Energy, Climate and the Environment Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137264893_2
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