Sustainability Challenges of the Mid-nineteenth-century Dutch Energy System

Energy consumption plays a central role in sustainability debates. However, how new are these sustainability challenges? Did sustainability challenges feature in historical energy transitions? This paper analyses societal debates concerning sustainability around the transition from peat to coal in t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rick Hölsgens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Journals 2016-09-01
Series:Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
Online Access:http://www.tseg.nl/articles/10.18352/tseg.866/