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Coal Energy Systems
ACADEMIC PRESS
SUSTAINABLE WORLD
SERIES
S ERIES E DITOR
R ICHARD C. D ORF
University of California, Davis
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Technology, Humans and Society: Towards a Sustainable World,
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Coal Energy Systems
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