Peak oil, EROI, investments and the economy in an uncertain future

Biofuels, Solar and Wind as Renewable Energy Systems: Benefits and Risks

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 109-132

  Hall, Charles A S ^a   Powers, Robert ^a   Schoenberg, William ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; energy return on investment; investments; oil; U.S. economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953739002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8654-0_5     Document Type: Chapter

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