It's a fair point, but we just don't know yet, which it is important for research to continue. From an intuitive sense though, I think our economic growth and o

It's a fair point, but we just don't know yet, which it is important for research to continue. From an intuitive sense though, I think our economic growth and our standard of living is tied to energy costs, and being tied to a low EROEI system means to me that it will limit our potential since a larger % of the economy must be devoted to building/replacing them rather than doing other things.