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95 “Gold Statistics” – в сборнике: T.D. Kelly и G.R. Matos, Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 140 (Reston, VA: USGS, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2008); World Steel Association, op. cit. note 77; данные по золотой руде рассчитаны на основании данных, приведенных в работе: New Jersey Mining Company Reserves and Resources, “Estimated Ore Reserves”, на www.newjerseymining.com, данные обновлены 31 декабря 2006 г.; данные по производству стали взяты из работы: Mandil et al. op. cit. note 76, р. 115; выбросы двуокиси углерода рассчитаны на основе данных, приведенных в работе: Gavin M. Mudd, “Resource Consumption Intensity and the Sustainability of Gold Mining”, 2nd International Conference on Sustainability Engineering and Science, Auckland, New Zealand, 20 – 23 February 2007; EPA, Emission Facts: Average Annual Emissions and Fuel Consumption for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks (Washington, DC: April 2000).

96 Catherine Ferrier, Bottled Water: Understanding a Social Phenomenon (Surrey, U.K.: WWF, 2001).

97 Потребление нефти рассчитано на основе данных о количестве пластиковых бутылок для воды из Jennifer Gitlitz et al, Water, Water Everywhere: The Growth of Non-carbonated Beverages in the United States (Washington, DC: Container Recycling Institute: февраль 2007); I. Boustead, Eco-profiles of the European Plastics Industry: PET Bottles (Brussels: PlasticEurope, Association of Plastic Manufacturers, March 2005), pp. 4 – 9: DOE, Energy Information Administration, “Oil Market Basics: Demand”, – см.: www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/ analysis_publications/oil_market_basics/demand_text.htm, просмотрено автором 23 января 2006 г.; Ward’s Automotive Group, Ward’s World Motor Vehicle Data 2006 (Southfield, MI: 2006), р. 242; Pacific Institute, “Bottled Water and Energy”, fact sheet (Oakland, CA: 2007).

98 “S.F. Mayor Bans Bottled Water at City Offices”, Associated Press , 25 June 2007; национальная телефонная пресс-конференция Ross C. Anderson, Salt Lake City Mayor, Think Outside the Bottle Campaign, 9 October 2007.

99 Janet Larsen, “Bottled Water Boycotts: Back-on-the-Tap Movement Gains Momentum”, Plan B Update (Washington, DC: Earth Policy Institute, 7 December 2007); John G. Rodwan, Jr., Confronting Challenges: U.S. and International Bottled Water Developments and Statistics for 2008 (New York: Beverage Marketing Corporation, April/May 2009).

100 John Roach, “Plastic-Bag Bans Gaining Momentum around the World”, National Geographic News, 4 April 2008.

101 Michael Goggin, “Curtailment, Negative Prices Symptomatic of Inadequate Transmission”, Wind Energy Weekly, issue 27, No. 1305 (5 September 2008).

102 Joint Coordinated System Plan, Joint Coordinated System Plan ’08 Report Volume 1: Economic Assessment, на www.jcspstudy.org, 2008.

103 S. Massoud Amin и Clark W. Gellings, “The North American Power Delivery System: Balancing Market Restructuring and Environmental Economics with Infrastructure Security”, Energy, vol. 31, issues 6 – 7 (May/June 2006), pp. 967 – 99; Bracken Hendricks, Wired for Progress 2.0: Building a National Clean-Energy Smart Grid (Washington, DC: Center for American Progress, April 2009), р. 31.

104 Helen Knight, “Renewable Energy: Will the Lights Stay On?” New Scientist, 11 October 2008, pp. 30 – 31; Repower America, “Unified National Smart Grid”, – см.: www.repoweramerica.org, просмотрено автором 30 июня 2009 г.

105 Ashlea Ebeling, “What Would You Pay to Stay Cool?” Forbes, 15 August 2007.

106 Knight, op. cit. note 104.

107 Там же.

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