Sustainable and Just Energy Strategies
This conclusion offers an opportunity to synthesize the key features of sustainable energy transitions. Case studies of various elements of the energy transition can inform how we think about and plan for society’s future energy infrastructures and resour
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Sustainable and Just Energy Strategies Contents 10.1
Food-Energy-Water Nexus – 218
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Sustainability and Justice Concepts for Solar Energy Futures – 220
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Developing Decarbonization Strategies – 222
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Critical Concepts for Sustainable Energy Strategies – 225
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Techno-ecological Synergies – 226
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oving Forward on an Energy M Transition Toward Decarbonization – 231 References – 233
© The Author(s) 2020 D. Mulvaney, Sustainable Energy Transitions, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48912-0_10
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Chapter 10 · Sustainable and Just Energy Strategies
nnLearning Goals Readers of this chapter will: 55 engage with dilemmas facing energy experts in the short term and long term; 55 introduce integrated assessment frameworks like the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus and techno-ecological synergies to look for solutions that solve multiple issues at once; 55 apply sustainability and social justice concepts to future visions of energy systems; 55 utilize case studies, many of which will be firsthand accounts from the author’s research; and 55 think and work through the concepts in the book in a group or individual research project.
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This conclusion offers an opportunity to synthesize the key features of sustainable energy transitions. Case studies of various elements of the energy transition can inform how we think about and plan for society’s future energy infrastructures and resource base. Of critical importance is understanding the technical and biophysical dimensions of energy transitions, while emphasizing how problems from energy systems are ultimately social problems with a technical dimension by familiarizing students with approaches used across the social sciences.
10.1 Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Agriculture contributes about 25% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and about 80% of that comes from products of animal agriculture such as meat, milk, and eggs. The agriculture industry has major impacts on the environment, as livestock production accounts for 70% of all agricultural land and 30% of the land surface. Water infrastructure also uses considerable amounts of energy in acquisition and conveyance and purification. Water infrastructure also works in conjunction with wastewater flows from residential and industrial production, and this consumes a lot of energy and is a major source of industrial GHG emissions. Food, energy, and water systems are deeply interconnected. We need energy and water to grow food. Energy requires water to extract and operate. Water systems require energy to obtain, move, clean, and dispose of. These interconnections illustrate how our energy, food, and water systems are interdependent. Definition The food-energy-water nexus is a phrase used to describe the biophysical, natural, social, and behavioral processes that are interconnected by food, energy, and water.
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How can we design interconnected systems that work to solve problems at the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus? FEW systems compris
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