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Support Energy from Fossil Fuels

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Food Chains and Human Nutrition

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Wherever energy flows through matter, physical, chemical, and perhaps ultimately biological or ecological cycles become established (Morowitz, 1968; Odum and Odum, 1976). Within the solar driven cycles on Earth, local accumulations of high grade energy occur. These include the short term store of annual plant material, the medium term store of wood, and the very long term store of fossil fuels.

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Gifford, R.M. (1980). Support Energy from Fossil Fuels. In: Blaxter, K. (eds) Food Chains and Human Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7336-0_14

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