Energy intensity ratios as net energy measures of United States energy production and expenditures

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  King, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Energy economics; Energy intensity; Energy return on energy invested; Net energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751547004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/4/044006     Document Type: Article

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