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Worldwide energy consumption has been increasing rapidly [1], in fact almost exponentially, since the Industrial Revolution. This increasing trend of energy consumption has been accelerated by improvements in the quality of life, which almost directly relates to the amount of energy consumption as a result of the industrialization of developing nations and the population increase in the world. At present, most of the energy requirement worldwide is met by the combustion of fossil fuels (i.e., coal, petroleum oils, natural gas, etc.) [1], which have become an essential and integral part of modern civilization, being increasingly relied upon since the Industrial Revolution. Only a very small proportion of the energy comes from nuclear and hydro power, and a much smaller portion from renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, tidal wave, and so on.
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Li, X. (2011). Green Energy for Sustainability and Energy Security. In: Li, X. (eds) Green Energy. Progress in Green Energy, vol 1. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-647-2_1
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