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datestamp: 2016-09-15 06:14:32
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type: article
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creators_name: Grubler, A.
creators_name: Wilson, C.
creators_name: Nemet, G.F.
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creators_orcid: 0000-0002-7814-4990
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title: Apples, oranges, and consistent comparisons of the temporal dynamics of energy transitions
ispublished: pub
divisions: prog_tnt
keywords: technology diffusion; energy transitions; adoption rates
abstract: Benjamin Sovacool (2016) has provided interesting food for thought in asking “how long will it take?” for the unfolding of energy transitions. Historical evidence of “grand” or global energy system transitions taking decades to centuries to unfold contrasted with highly selective recent and rapid examples of mostly incremental technological change make for an engaging argument. But the observed contrasts are due to the apples-and-oranges comparison between transitions that are measured differently, defined differently, characterized by different processes, and explained differently.
date: 2016-12
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier
id_number: 10.1016/j.erss.2016.08.015
creators_browse_id: 112
creators_browse_id: 333
creators_browse_id: 2605
full_text_status: public
publication: Energy Research & Social Science
volume: 22
pagerange: 18-25
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2214-6296
coversheets_dirty: FALSE
fp7_project: no
fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
citation:   Grubler, A. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/112.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-4990 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-4990>, Wilson, C. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/333.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566 <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8164-3566>, & Nemet, G.F. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/2605.html>  (2016).  Apples, oranges, and consistent comparisons of the temporal dynamics of energy transitions.   Energy Research & Social Science 22 18-25. 10.1016/j.erss.2016.08.015 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.08.015>.       
document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/13800/2/grubler_etal_apples-oranges_ERSS_preprint_clean_30June2016.pdf