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Diesendorf M, Davies G, Wiedmann T, Spangenberg J., Hail S 2024.
Sustainability scientists’ critique of neoclassical economics. Global Sustainability 7:e33, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2024.36  

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Diesendorf M, Roser D, Washington H 2023. Analyzing the nuclear weapons proliferation risk posed by a mature fusion technology and economy. Energies 16:1123. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16031123 

 

Diesendorf M 2023. Sustainable development. In: Clarke M & Zhao X (eds) Elgar Encyclopedia of Development. Chapter 122, pp. 577–581. Edward Elgar.

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Diesendorf MO 2023. Human ecology, In: Haddad BM & Solomon BD (eds) Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium, Edward Elgar, pp.277, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788974912.H.30

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Diesendorf MO 2023. Renewable energy. In: Haddad BM & Solomon BD (eds) Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium, Edward Elgar, pp.458, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788974912.R.31

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Diesendorf MO, Faber MM, Frick M 2023. Sustainability. In: Haddad BM & Solomon BD (eds) Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium, Edward Elgar, pp. 519 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788974912.S.92

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Diesendorf MO 2023. Sustainable development. In: Haddad BM & Solomon BD (eds) Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium, Edward Elgar, pp.526, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788974912.S.103

 

Diesendorf M, Hail S 2022. Funding of the energy transition by monetary sovereign countries. Energies 15:5908. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15165908

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Diesendorf M 2022. Scenarios for mitigating CO2 emissions from energy supply in the absence of CO2 removal. Climate Policy 22:882-896. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2022.2061407

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Diesendorf M 2022. Can energy descent be justified by critiquing 100% renewable energy scenarios? A reply to Floyd et al. Futures137:102907, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.102907

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Diesendorf M 2022. Scenarios for the rapid phase-out of fossil fuels in Australia in the absence of CO2 removal. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1080/14486563.2022.2108514

  

Diesendorf M 2022. Comment on Seibert and Rees (2021), ‘Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition’. Energies 15(3):964, https://doi.org/10.3390/en15030964.

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Diesendorf M 2022. Energy systems for sustainable prosperity. In: Williams SJ & Taylor R (eds) Sustainability and the New Economics: Synthesising ecological economics and modern monetary theory. Springer. ISBN hardcover 978-3-030-78794-3, ISBN eBook 978-3-030-78795-0; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78795-0, pp.231-251.

 

Diesendorf M 2020. COVID-19 and economic recovery with effective climate mitigation. Global Sustainability 3, e36, 1–9.   https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.32.

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Diesendorf M, Wiedmann T 2020. Implications of trends in energy return on energy invested (EROI) for transitioning to renewable electricity. Ecological Economics 176:106726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106726.

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Diesendorf M 2020. Towards an electricity sector with 100% renewable energy generation. In: Probst O, Castellanos S, Palacios R (eds) Transforming the Grid towards Fully Renewable Energy. London: Institution of Engineering & Technology, pp.23-44.

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Diesendorf M 2020. Will the transition to renewable energy damage the global macro-economy? In: Washington H, Lawn P, Blackwell B (eds) Ecological Economics: Solutions for the Future. Self-published by lead editor, pp.67-82.

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Diesendorf M 2019. Energy futures for Australia. In: Newton P, Prasad D, Sproule A, White S (eds) Decarbonising the Built Environment: Charting the transition. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.35-51.

 

Diesendorf M, Elliston B 2018. The feasibility of 100% renewable electricity systems: a response to critics. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 93:318-330.

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Howard BS, Hamilton N, Diesendorf M, Wiedmann T 2018. Modeling the carbon budget of the Australian electricity industry's transition to renewable energy. Renewable Energy 125:712-728.

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Mey F, Diesendorf M 2018. Who owns an energy transition? Strategic action fields and community wind energy in Denmark, Energy Research & Social Science 35:108-117.

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Delina LL, Diesendorf M 2018. Critiquing the use of war to mobilise peaceful climate action: A response to Kester & Sovacool, Energy Policy 112:1-3.

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Diesendorf M, 2018. Review of ‘Learning from Fukushima: Nuclear Power in East Asia', Energy Research & Social Science 39, pp. 162 – 163.

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Hamilton N, Howard B, Diesendorf M, Wiedmann T 2017. Computing life-cycle emissions from transitioning the electricity sector using a discrete numerical approach. Energy 137:314-324.

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Gui M, Diesendorf M, MacGill I 2017. Distributed energy infrastructure paradigm: community microgrids in a new institutional economics context. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 72:1355-1365.

 

Diesendorf, M 2017. Ecologically sustainable energy. In:  H. Washington (ed.) Positive Steps to a Steady State Economy. Sydney: CASSE NSW, 137-143.

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Diesendorf, M 2016. Strategies for transition to a future beyond growth. In: H Washington & P Twomey (eds) A Future Beyond Growth: Towards a Steady State Economy. London & New York: Routledge, 223-238.

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Diesendorf M 2016. The concept of base-load power. In JH Lehr & J Keeley (eds) Alternative Energy and Shale Gas Encyclopedia, Wiley, Chapter 56.

 

Diesendorf M 2016. Shunning nuclear power but not its waste: assessing the risks of Australia becoming the world's nuclear wasteland. Energy Research & Social Science 19:142-147.

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Mey F, Diesendorf M, MacGill I 2016. Can local government play a greater role in community renewable energy? A case study from Australia. Energy Research & Social Science 21:33-43.

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Delina L, Diesendorf M 2016. Strengthening the climate action movement: strategies and tactics from contemporary social action. Interface 8(1):117-141.

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Diesendorf M 2016. Subjective judgments in the nuclear energy debate. Conservation Biology 30(3):666-669. doi:10.1111/cobi.12692.

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Wolfram P, Wiedmann T, Diesendorf M 2016. Carbon footprint scenarios for renewable electricity in Australia. J. Cleaner Production 124:236-245.

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Yangka D, Diesendorf M 2016. Modeling the benefits of electric cooking in Bhutan: a long term perspective. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 59:494–503.

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Delina L, Diesendorf M, Merson J 2015. Strengthening the climate action movement: strategies from histories. Carbon Management 5(4):397-409. DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2015.1005396.

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Elliston B, MacGill I, Diesendorf M. 2014. Comparing least cost scenarios for 100% renewable electricity with low emission fossil fuel scenarios in the Australian National Electricity Market. Renewable Energy 66:196-204.

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Delina L, Diesendorf M 2013. Is wartime mobilisation a suitable policy model for rapid national climate mitigation? Energy Policy 58:371-380.

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Elliston B, MacGill I, Diesendorf, M. 2013. Least cost 100% renewable electricity scenarios in the Australian National Electricity Market. Energy Policy 59:270-282.

 

Turner GM, Elliston B, Diesendorf M 2013. Impacts on the biophysical economy and environment of a transition to 100% renewable electricity in Australia. Energy Policy, 54:288-299.

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Sovacool BK, Parenteau P, Ramana MV, Valentine SV, Jacobson MZ, Delucchi MA, Diesendorf M 2013. Comment on "prevented mortality and greenhouse gas emissions from historical and projected nuclear power". Environmental Science and Technology 47(12):6715-6717.

 

Diesendorf, M 2013. ‘A genuine “green” economy must be ecologically sustainable and socially just’. In: Schroeder, S. & Chester, L, (eds) Challenging the Orthodoxy: Reflections on Frank Stilwell’s contribution to political economy. Springer, pp. 223-241.

 

Elliston B, Diesendorf M, MacGill I 2012. Simulations of scenarios with 100% renewable electricity in the Australian National Electricity Market.  Energy Policy 45:606-613. 

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Diesendorf, M. 2012. ‘The economics of nuclear energy’, in RM Basrur & C Koh (eds) Nuclear Power and Energy Security in Asia. Taylor & Francis, pp.50-70.

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Baumber, A., Merson, J., Diesendorf, M., Ampt, P. 2012. ‘Revegetation, bioenergy and sustainable use in the New South Wales central west’, in J. Merson, Rosie Cooney & P. Brown (eds) Conservation in a Crowded World: Case studies from the Asia-Pacific. UNSW Press, Sydney, 186-204.

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Diesendorf M (2012) ‘Lost energy policies, opportunities and practice’, in KJ Walker and K Crowley (eds) Environmental Policy Failure: The Australian Story. Tilde University Press, pp.44-58.

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Diesendorf M 2012. ‘Can energy security and effective climate change policies be compatible?’, in L Anceschi & J Symons (eds) Energy Security in the Era of Climate change: The Asia-Pacific experience. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.72-87.

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Diesendorf M 2012. A sustainable energy future for Australia. Dialogue 3(1):5-12.

 

Diesendorf M 2011. ‘Redesigning energy systems’, in J. Dryzek, R Norgaard & D Schlosberg (eds) Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. Oxford University Press, pp.561-578.

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Diesendorf M 2011. Climate change and the economy. In: Readings in Political Economy: Economics as a Social Science. Eds: Argyrous G, Stilwell F. 3rd ed.: 15-18. Tilde University Press, Victoria.

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Diesendorf M 2010/2011. Scenarios and strategies for climate mitigation. Journal of Australian Political Economy no. 66:98-117.

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Baumber A, Merson J, Ampt P, Diesendorf M 2011. The adoption of short-rotation energy cropping as a new land use option in the New South Wales Central West. Rural Society 20(3):266-279.

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Diesendorf M 2010. The climate action movement in Australia. Social Alternatives 29(3):56-62.

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Diesendorf M 2010. A big Australia. Overland (201):22-30.

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Buckman G & Diesendorf M 2010. Design limitations in Australian renewable energy policies. Energy Policy, 38: 3365–76; addendum 38:7539–40.

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Messali E, Diesendorf M 2009. Potential sites for off-shore wind power in Australia. Wind Engineering 33(4): 335-348.

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Mudd GM, Diesendorf M 2009.  Response to a comment on ‘Sustainability of uranium mining and milling: toward quantifying resources and eco-efficiency’. Environmental Science & Technology 43:3969-3970.

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Mudd GM, Diesendorf M 2008. Sustainability of uranium mining and milling: toward quantifying resources and eco-efficiency. Environmental Science & Technology 42 (7): 2624–2630.

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Saddler H, Diesendorf M, Denniss R 2007. Clean energy scenarios for Australia. Energy Policy 35(2): 1245-56.

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Diesendorf M 2007. Is nuclear energy a possible solution to global warming? Social Alternatives 26 (2):8–11.

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Diesendorf M 2006. Wind power in Australia. Int J Environ Stud. 63 (6): 765–776.

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Diesendorf M 2006. ‘Can geosequestration save the coal industry?’, in J. Byrne, Leigh Glover and Noah Toly (eds), Transforming Power: Energy as a Social Project, Vol. 9, Energy and Environmental Policy Series, Transaction Press, pp.223-248.

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Diesendorf M 2005. ‘Governance of municipalities: a snapshot of sustainable development in China’, in Hargroves KC and Smith MH (eds), The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business opportunities, innovation and governance in the 21st century, Earthscan, London & Sterling VA, pp.303-305.

 

Diesendorf M 2004. Comparison of employment potential of the coal and wind power industries. International Journal of Environment, Workplace and Employment 1:82-90.

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Biswas W, Diesendorf M, Bryce P 2004. Can photovoltaic technologies help attain sustainable rural development in Bangladesh? Energy Policy 32(10): 1199-1207.

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Riedy C, Diesendorf M 2003. Financial subsidies and incentives to the Australian fossil fuel industry. Energy Policy 31(2): 125-137.

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Biswas W, Bryce P, Diesendorf M 2001. Model for empowering rural poor through renewable energy technologies in Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Policy. 4:333-344.

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Diesendorf M. 2001. Models of sustainability and sustainable development. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 1:109-123.

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Diesendorf M, 2000.  Energy scenarios in global economic models of greenhouse gas reduction. International Journal of Global Energy Issues,Special Issue on Global Modelling of Energy & Environmental Futures, 13:70-85.

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Diesendorf M 2000. ‘Sustainability and sustainable development’, in Dunphy, D, Benveniste, J, Griffiths, A and Sutton, P (eds) Sustainability: The corporate challenge of the 21st century, Sydney:  Allen & Unwin, chap. 2, 19-37.

 

Diesendorf M 1998. Australian economic models of greenhouse abatement. Environmental Science and Policy 1: 1-12.

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Diesendorf M, Colquhoun J, Spittle BJ, Everingham DN, Clutterbuck FW 1997. New evidence on fluoridation. Aust. J. Public Health 21:187-190.

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Diesendorf M, Diesendorf A 1997. Suppression by medical journals of a warning about overdosing formula-fed infants with fluoride. Accountability in Research 5:225-237.

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Diesendorf M 1997. ‘Principles of ecological sustainability’, in: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 3, pp. 64-97.

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Diesendorf M & Hamilton C 1997. ‘The ESD process in Australia’, in: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 11, pp.285-301.

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Diesendorf M 1997. ‘Greenhouse response in the energy sector’, in: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 8, pp.197-242.

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Birkeland J, Diesendorf M, Hamilton C 1997. ‘Some pathways to ecological sustainability’, in: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, chap. 12, pp. 302-325.

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Diesendorf M, Hamilton C 1997. ‘Introduction’, in: Diesendorf M, Hamilton C (eds), Human ecology, human economy: Ideas for an ecologically sustainable future, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, pp.xvii-xxi.

 

Diesendorf M 1996. How can a ‘competitive’ market for electricity be made compatible with the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions? Ecological Economics 17:33-48.

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Blakers A, Diesendorf M 1996. A scenario for the expansion of solar and wind generated electricity in Australia. Australian Journal of Environmental Management 3:11-25.

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Diesendorf M 1996. ‘Fluoridation: breaking the silence barrier’, in: Martin B (ed.). Confronting the experts. New York: State University of New York Press, pp.45-75.

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Diesendorf M 1995. How science can illuminate ethical debates: a case study on water fluoridation. Fluoride 28(2): 87-104.

 

Diesendorf M 1994. ‘Windpower and other renewable energy sources’, in: Dovers S (Ed), Sustainable energy: pathways for Australian energy reform, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, chap. 7, 150-169.

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Mills D, Diesendorf M 1994. ‘The nature of renewable energy’, in: Dovers S (Ed), Sustainable energy: pathways for Australian energy reform,Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, chap. 5, 112-128.

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Diesendorf M 1991. Is nuclear energy the answer to the greenhouse effect or to an oil crisis?. Social Alternatives 9(4):56-59.

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Barer M, Nicoll M, Diesendorf M, Harvey R 1990. From Medibank to Medicare. Community Health Studies 14(1):8-18.

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Diesendorf M 1990. Have the benefits of water fluoridation been overestimated?. International Clinical Nutrition Review  10(2): 292-303.

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Diesendorf M 1990. Health hazards of fluoridation: a re-examination. International Clinical Nutrition Review 10(2):304-321.

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Diesendorf M 1989. Anglesey fluoridation trials re-examined. Fluoride 22:53-58.

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Diesendorf M 1988. ‘Why I became a “dissident” scientist’, in: Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Ockham’s Razor 2. Sydney: ABC Enterprises, 9-14.

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Diesendorf M 1988, ‘Science for the community’, in: Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Ockham’s razor 2. Sydney: ABC Enterprises, 15-20.

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Diesendorf M 1987. Propositions on war and peace. Social Alternatives 6(3):33-38.

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Diesendorf M 1987. Is fluoridation effective?. Fluoride 20(2):51-53.

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Diesendorf M 1986. The mystery of declining tooth decay. Nature 322:125-129.

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Diesendorf M 1986. A re-examination of Australian fluoridation trials. Search 17:256-262.

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Diesendorf M, Sutton PRN 1986. Fluorides: new grounds for concern. The Ecologist 16:237-242.

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Diesendorf M, Varney W 1986. Fluoridation – politics and strategies. Social Alternatives 5(2):48-53.

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Donnelly WA, Diesendorf M 1985. Variable elasticity models for electricity demand. Energy Economics 7:159-162.

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Martin B, Diesendorf M 1983. The economics of large-scale wind power in an optimally mixed CEGB electricity grid. Energy Policy 11: 259-266.

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Carlin JB, Diesendorf M 1983. Analysis of some wind speed data from southern Australia with reference to potential wind energy conversion. Wind Engineering 7:147-160.

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Diesendorf M 1983. ‘Science as a social and political tool’, in: Birch A (Ed): Science research in Australia -- who benefits?  Canberra: Centre for Continuing Education, Australian National University, 125-135.

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Diesendorf M 1982. ‘Science under social and political pressures’, in: Oldroyd DR (Ed): Science and Ethics. Sydney: NSW University Press, 48-73.

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Martin B, Diesendorf M 1982. Optimal thermal mix in electricity grids containing wind power. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 4(3):155-161.

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Haslett J, Diesendorf M 1981. The capacity credit of wind power: a theoretical analysis. Solar Energy 26:391-401.

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Diesendorf M, Martin B 1980. Integration of wind power into Australian electricity grids without storage: a computer simulation. Wind Engineering 4(4):211-226.

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Diesendorf M 1980. Is there a scientific basis for fluoridation?. A review of the report by the Royal College of Physicians. Community Health Studies 4(3):224-230.

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Diesendorf M 1979. Recent Scandinavian research and development in wind electric power: implications for Australia. Search 10(5):165-173.

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Diesendorf M, Fulford G 1979. Optimal value of the rated speed of a wind generator. Wind Engineering 3(1):62-68.

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Diesendorf M 1979. ‘Problems of high and low energy futures’ in: Diesendorf M (Ed): Energy and people: social implications of different energy futures. Canberra: Society for Social Responsibility in Science, 27-35.

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Diesendorf M 1979. ‘A community use of wind power’, in: Diesendorf M (Ed): Energy and people: social implications of different energy futures. Canberra: Society for Social Responsibility in Science, 166-167.

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Diesendorf M 1979. ‘Sounding the alarms: the dilemma of the scientific expert’, in: Green W (Ed): Focus on social responsibility in science.Wellington: New Zealand Association of Scientists, 61-83.

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Diesendorf M, Westcott M 1978. Renewable energy sources and storage. Nature 275: 254.

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Gates DJ, Diesendorf M 1977. On the fluctuations in levels of closed lakes.  J. of Hydrology 33: 267-285.

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Diesendorf M 1977. Insect sensilla as dielectric aerials for scent detection?. Int. J. Insect Morphol. & Embryol. 6(2):105-109.

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Diesendorf M 1977. The ‘dielectric waveguide theory’ of insect olfaction: a reply to P.S. Callahan. Int. J. Insect Morphol. & Embryol. 6(2):123-126.

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Diesendorf M (1977) ‘A closer look at prevention’, in: Diesendorf M and Furnass B (Eds) The Impact of Environment and Lifestyle on Human Health. Canberra: Society for Social Responsibility in Science, 265-280.

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Diesendorf M 1976. ‘Mass x-rays--risks versus benefits’, in: Diesendorf M (Ed) The magic bullet.  Canberra: Society for Social Responsibility in Science, 112-122.

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Boyden SV, Diesendorf M 1976. ‘Environment and health’, in: Diesendorf M (Ed) The magic bullet.  Canberra: Society for Social Responsibility in Science, 131-142.

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Diesendorf M 1975. General anaesthetic excitation and inhibition of insect CO2-receptors: an interpretation. Olfaction and Taste 5:195-198, Academic Press.

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Diesendorf M 1975. A quantitative model of cooperative effects in aspartate transcarbamylase and related hybrid molecules. Biopolymers 14: 19-32.

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Diesendorf M 1975. Low-level ionizing radiation and man. Search 6 (8): 328-334.

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Diesendorf M, Stange G, Snyder AW 1974. A theoretical investigation of radiation mechanisms of insect chemoreception. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 185:33-49.

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Diesendorf M, Horridge GA 1973. Two models of the partially focused clear zone compound eye. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond.  B 183:141-158.

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Stange G, Diesendorf M 1973. The response of the honeybee antennal CO2-receptors to N2O and Xe. J. comp. Physiol. 86:139-158.

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Horridge GA, Ninham BW, Diesendorf M 1972. Theory of the summation of scattered light in clear zone compound eyes. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 181:137-156.

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Diesendorf M 1972. Amplitude variations in artificially stimulated VLF emissions. Nature Phys. Sci. 236:56-58.

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Diesendorf M 1971. Whistler-mode echoes observed on the FR-1 satellite. Planet. Space Sci. 19:739-747.

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Diesendorf M 1970. Electron correlations and solar neutrino counts. Nature 227: 266-267.

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Diesendorf M, Ninham BW 1969. The effect of electron correlations on electron scattering opacities. Astrophys. J. 156:1069-1073.

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Diesendorf M, Ninham BW 1968. Quantum corrections to the pair distribution function of a classical plasma. J. Math. Phys.  9: 745-752.