by aspera » Sun 15 Dec 2019, 14:51:07
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '.').. a metric that isn't used within the industry for..anything...ever...
Speaking of Charlie Hall.
Note the several post-2016 studies published using EROEI.
I'll take your word Adam for the not "
within the industry" but, increasingly, people do seem to be using the metric.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')igo E. Melgar-Melgar & Charles A.S. Hall (
2020)
Why ecological economics needs to return to its roots: The biophysical foundation of socio-economic systems.
Ecological Economics, 169, March 2020, 106567.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106567
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... via%3Dihub[post-2016 emphasis added].
Excerpt: Studies of EROI, have been very much a part of the renaissance of biophysical economics, especially in Europe and China where depletion of oil and gas are much more pertinent issues than in the United States (for now). In 2011, a special issue of 21 articles in the Journal Sustainability on “New Studies in EROI,” furthered cemented the importance of biophysical analyses to understand the nexus between energy and economic process (Hall and Hansen, 2011). Younger researchers entering the field have developed new measurements of EROI. For example, Court and Fizaine (
2017) have derived the energy cost of generating all of the energy a society uses from its monetary costs, for which there are good records going back centuries. Celi et al. (
2018) derived estimates from CO2 released (which were required for environmental accounting) and concluded that these were not too different from the values reported in the literature. A formal comparison of EROI values derived from these very different approaches would seem to be a useful endeavor. Many analysts believe EROI is a critical tool for understanding the future of civilization.
The frontier of BPE today includes a wide range of other topics as well. For example, Hall and Ramírez-Pascualli (2013) explore how vital fossil fuels are for the development of modern socio-economic systems. Feng et al. (2013) provide one of the first biophysical analyses of fossil fuels in China, and forecast future trends in energy supply and demand for the world's second largest economy. In Spain's Photovoltaic Revolution: The Energy Return on Investment (2013), the authors of this paper worked with Pedro Prieto to perform one of the first large-scale biophysical analysis of solar energy to comprehensively assess the EROI of solar power when all costs are computed, and to understand the implications of subsides via feed-in-tariff polices for the overall economic crisis of Spain. In America's Most Sustainable Cities and Regions: Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends, Day and Hall (
2016) provide a comprehensive biophysical analysis of how the urban and rural regions of the United States will cope with the threat of climate change depending on the situation regarding access to energy, and the probability of environmental impacts. In Energy, Complexity and Wealth Maximization, Ayres (
2016) gives a comprehensive survey of energy in wealth creation, and emphasizes how all evolutionary processes have always depended on physical laws. Palmer and Floyd (
2017) undertake a comprehensive analysis of EROI of photovoltaic systems and their increased needs for backup as they become a larger share of our economy. Dittmar (
2017) undertakes a comprehensive analysis of oil futures by region and provides a much less rosy perspective than official sources such as EIA. Tverberg (2019) sees peak oil use coming not only from geological limitations but also from the resulting price increases and the impacts on the poor. Herendeen (
2019) calls for analyzing the spatial impacts of “renewability” and the biophysical implications of net zero energy plans in cities such as Burlington, Vermont which have already achieved 100% renewable electricity coverage. Hall and Balogh (
2019) consider the biophysical requirements of our urban centers in their comprehensive textbook on Urban Ecology.
