Bandeira, Fausto de Paula Menezes
(Associação dos Consultores Legislativos e de Orçamento e Fiscalização Financeira da Câmara dos Deputados, 2012-04)
É comum observar-se na mídia o emprego de termos como "desenvolvimento sustentável", “crescimento sustentável”, “matriz energética”, “fontes alternativas de energia”, “fontes renováveis de energia”, “energia sustentada”, e, frequentemente, tais...
It is common to observe in the media the use of terms like “sustainable development”, sustainable growth”, “energy matrix”, “alternative energy”, renewable energy”, “sustained energy”, and often such terms are coupled with complaints in relation to the Brazilian electricity tariffs, which would be among the highest in the world. In this paper, we try to clarigy which of the abobe terms have meaning and when they can be applied. Moreover we present comment on the concept of sustainable development, on the use of renewable energy, and on the influence in Brazilian electric energy tariffs levels of the choise to use renewable sources majority in electricity production....