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6. How do you project yourself into the future?
Taking all sectors together, fossil fuels still account for over 85% of total energy consumption, a ratio that has remained unchanged for a century.
6.1 A brief history of energy in transport
Four main lessons can be drawn from the history of energy in transport.
The first lesson is that, until recently (1880), the horse played an important role. Apart from the limits of its use over long distances, this animal was replaced by the tramway when its urine and excrement posed insurmountable problems in big cities.
The second lesson is that transition can be very rapid. Twenty years after the aforementioned problems (diphtheria epidemics), in 1902 in the USA, there were 5 billion passenger journeys on 35,000 km of...
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Bibliography
Bibliography
Websites
European energy-climate framework https://www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr
Energy transition law for green growth https://www.ecologique-solidaire.gouv.fr
Norms and standards, regulations
European directive on the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels (2014) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014L0094&from=fr
Standards (AFNOR) "Electric vehicles intended for use on public roads and electric...
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French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) http://www.ademe.fr
International Energy Agency (IEA). Electric vehicles https://www.iea.org
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