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18 - Crystal Ball

from Part V - Wrap Up and What Is Next

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Jay S. Golden
Jay S. Golden
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
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Summary

In this chapter, the author looks into his crystal ball to explore what technologies, policies, and companies may thrive in the new net-zero-carbon economy and which may drop off.

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nuclear fusiongreen cementgyrotron technologiesgeothermalcarbon-intensity labelsvertical agriculturemass timbergreen diplomacy
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Dynamic Sustainability
Implications for Policy, Markets and National Security
 , pp. 263 - 276
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Crystal Ball
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.019
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  • Crystal Ball
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
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  • Crystal Ball
  • Jay S. Golden, Syracuse University, New York
  • Book: Dynamic Sustainability
  • Online publication: 07 December 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298711.019
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