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To minimise the risk of low investment levels in energy systems, it could be optimal to chart a course based on what is currently working, rather than overreaching. In a low growth global economy, big shifts in investment targets and large hikes in capital expenditure are painful, and so it is most pragmatic to work with what we have already got and expect only low threshold changes.
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Abbess, J. (2015). Energy Transitions and Renewable Gas. In: Renewable Gas. Energy, Climate and the Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137441805_3
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