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Cooking fuel switch or mix

Nature Energy volume 6, pages 1094–1095 (2021)Cite this article

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The path to transition billions of people to clean cooking methods is fraught with controversy and unanswered questions. Focusing on the transition to liquefied petroleum gas, a new large-scale multi-country study offers important insights on what determinants of the transition require close attention and policy response.

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Ochieng, C. Cooking fuel switch or mix. Nat Energy 6, 1094–1095 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00959-7

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