Looking for a silver lining: The possible positives of declining energy return on investment (EROI)

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2071-2079

  Manno, Jack P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Degrowth; Energy; EROI; Human wellbeing; Scenarios; Social change; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867392397     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3112071     Document Type: Article

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