Cool as a (sea) cucumber? Exploring public attitudes toward seawater air conditioning in Hawai‘i
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عنوان ژورنال: Energy Research & Social Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2214-6296
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2015.05.005