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Where Are We Headed?

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You can bet your lifestyle on this: We are facing a transportation fuel crisis.

We have been living like gods. Our task now is to learn how to live like humans. Our descent will not be easy—Randy Udall (Senate S6373 2013).

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Friedemann, A.J. (2016). Where Are We Headed?. In: When Trucks Stop Running. SpringerBriefs in Energy(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26375-5_20

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