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“Energy mix is a step towards sustainability.” Discuss.

  • UPSC 2015
  • Economic Geography

Energy mix is the composition of a country's primary energy supply across coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewables; sustainability, following the Brundtland Commission (1987), rests on three legs — environmental integrity, economic viability and energy security.

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  • Risk-Spreading and Energy Security
  • Environmental Gain: Falling Carbon Intensity
  • Economic and Spatial Logic of the Mix
  • The Limits That Keep It a Step

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