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| | About RAEL |
 | | The work in RAEL is guided by the principles of use-inspired basic research, interdisciplinary approaches to the needs that energy services can provide, and a dedication to understanding and addressing the opportunities and risks in the implementation of novel energy generation and management programs. |
 | | At one level, the goal for RAEL is to update, integrate and nurture a collaborative synthesis of E. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful appropriate technology and development philosophy with the energy industry as it exists today. |
 | | RAEL will study how to evolve the current energy infrastructure through analysis of coal, oil, and integrated fossil-fuel/fuel cells systems, biomass energy, and combinations of energy-efficiency and renewables, as well as entirely new long-term energy options for industrialized, decentralized, and rural energy needs. |
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