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You say that like solar power is free. To calculate the EROEI, you have to include the energy from solar.

• Symmetry 13y ago
  Not free, but much cheaper than $500 for each 1.7 mwh, or barrel of oil. Solar is already cheaper than that even in cloudy Britain. EROEI is sort of irrelevant to the question of whether we'll ever "run out of oil." It might be that we'll stop using oil as a primary energy source, but that doesn't mean it'll go away. EDIT: You might recall that the point you dismissed as "ignorant nonsense" was that we would be able to produce oil at $500/gallon, not that we would use it as a source of energy.
  • brc 13y ago
    I think you might be referring to someone else.
    • Symmetry 13y ago
      Ah, I was, sorry.