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Four Scenarios for the Future

In: Global Energy Transformation

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  • Mats Larsson

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In the current literature a wide range of visions of the future are emerg­ing. There are people who envision a future that will unfold as a con­tinuation of past trends of increasing prosperity through technical and economic development. This may still be the most widespread picture of the future. I call this scenario “business as usual.” There are also experts in a wide range of fields, such as climate, the environment and peak oil, who envision futures that are substantially different from the present and where forces that have had a limited role historically take center stage and transform our environment and society in ways that most of us do not expect or wish for.

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  • Mats Larsson, 2009. "Four Scenarios for the Future," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Global Energy Transformation, chapter 0, pages 27-41, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-24409-2_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230244092_4
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