[Ost-news] Understanding Energy Return On Energy Investment (EROEI)

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Understanding Energy Return On Energy Investment (EROEI)  
POSTED July 15, 3:47 PM  
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Energy Return On Energy Investment (EROEI) is an important concept to understand and a concept that is severely lacking in our current political debate on new energy sources.

EROEI is simply defined as:

EROEI = Energy Produced / Energy Used

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/understanding-energy-return-on-energy-investment-eroei

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