tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471462053585171190.post2720221076577032625..comments2023-08-07T19:16:25.536-07:00Comments on Virid Views: EROEISteve Carrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11706114439618856525noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-471462053585171190.post-81656172781351353592012-08-29T09:21:47.506-07:002012-08-29T09:21:47.506-07:00Good piece, Steve! And I'm glad to see our ER...Good piece, Steve! And I'm glad to see our EROEI figures agreeing so well. Thanks for directing my attention to your blog.<br /><br />I had a thought the other day concerning the EROEI of petroleum versus other technologies. Since the EROEI on petroleum is actually considerably lower today than it is for technologies like wind and hydro, and even firewood!, does that mean that we modern industrial humans are actual slaves to oil? That the halcyon days of EROEI numbers above 50 created a dependence in us that is nonsensical in today's terms? <br /><br />These low numbers for oil provide support for the idea that petroleum is a singularly useful fuel source, probably impossible to replace with other energy technologies. I mean, it's not like there aren't empirically better options...<br /><br />Tripptripptickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176704359523003096noreply@blogger.com