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EROI is a physical measure, it doesn't deal with price at all so I don't get what it has to do with your first paragraph?
by cinntaile 4y ago
EROI is a physical measure, it doesn't deal with price at all so I don't get what it has to do with your first paragraph?
- ciconia 4y agoIt is rather an economic measure to my understanding. Lower EROI will tend to raise energy prices. According to the Wikipedia article, it has been argued that falling EROI has been responsible in part for the collapse of the Roman empire. It has also been linked to inflation.
- imtringued 4y agoEROI doesn't tell you how much total energy you can extract nor how fast you can extract it, it just tells you how much of the energy you extract is usable.