What is the minimum EROI that a sustainable society must have?

Energies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-47

  Hall, Charles A S ^a   Balogh, Stephen ^a   Murphy, David J R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Break even; Depletion; Economies; EROI; Law of minimum; Net energy

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS;

BREAK-EVEN; DEPLETION; ECONOMIES; EROI; LAW OF MINIMUM; NET ENERGY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 63349106254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en20100025     Document Type: Article

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