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NickB79

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Tue Jan-15-08 03:19 PM
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67. Wow, you really don't understand EROEI, do you?

Edited on Tue Jan-15-08 03:22 PM by NickB79

EROEI: Energy returned over energy invested.

If you pumped up 1 barrel of oil, and it cost 0.2 barrels of that oil in extraction and processing (the invested energy) to convert the remaining 0.8 barrels into gas/diesel (the return), it's EROEI is 4:1 (0.8/0.2), which is a net energy gain. You proved my point, thanks.

"If oil had a positive energy balance, it would be renewable and we would not be running out."

Renewability has nothing to do with a material's energy balance. To make that claim is laughable. But thanks for playing.

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