TY - BOOK ID - 37034091 TI - Beyond the carbon economy : energy law in transition PY - 2008 SN - 019170105X 1283581493 9786613893949 0191559768 9780191701054 9781283581493 9780191559761 PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Energy development KW - Energy policy KW - Energy policy. KW - Power resources KW - Law and legislation KW - Law and legislation. KW - Energy and state KW - State and energy KW - Industrial policy KW - Energy conservation KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:37034091 AB - The present energy economy, with its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, is not sustainable over the medium to long term for many interconnected reasons. Climate change is now recognized as posing a serious threat. Energy and resource decisions involving the carbon fuels therefore play a large role in this threat. Fossil fuel reserves may also be running short and many of the major reserves are in politically unstable parts of the world.Yet citizens in nations with rapidly developing economies aspire to the benefits of the modern energy economy. China and India alone have 2.4 billion potential c ER -