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Renewable energy can be used both in rural and urban areas. Given proper attention to the efficient use of energy, most rural areas can probably meet many of their needs from solar collectors, solar photovoltaics, biomass and biofuels, and, depending on their location, local wind turbines and micro hydro plants, with the national grid system helping to even out local variations in supplies and demand. Given proper attention to the efficient use of energy, most cities can also produce much of their energy from roof top solar heating and PV electricity systems, and from advanced waste-into-energy systems like pyrolysis and gasification — after all, waste is one thing in which cities are self sufficient (Elliott and Taylor, 2000).
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Elliott, D. (2007). Sea Power — How We Can Tap Wave and Tidal Power. In: Elliott, D. (eds) Sustainable Energy. Energy, Climate and the Environment Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378384_4
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