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Record 1 1980-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Soft technology ... turns out to mean primarily solar heating and cooling, wind and hydroelectricity, and fuels from renewable biological materials.

CONT

... the United States could now abandon centralized energy sources and turn instead to "soft" technologies ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Technique s'inscrivant dans un cycle écologique et conçue pour de petites unités de production.

CONT

Le choix des techniques douces est un choix de civilisation fondamental et non plus un simple problème de bricolage amélioré [sic] écrit René Dumont dans la préface de Techniques douces, habitat et société.

Spanish

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