Thursday, June 27, 2013

EROI projections for Marcellus Shale gas

energygeopolitics

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EROI is a measure fo the quality of energy, and the quality of an economy is directly related to the quality and quantity of energy available to run it. Here is a table of the EROI values of various sources in use today:

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Interesting chart.  Note that nuclear is lower than shale gas.  ???

That's a bit questionable.  A commenter asked about Candu reactors.  The author replied that it maybe in the thousands ( as compared to 85 for shale gas)--- but that is "controversial".  Controversial with who?

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