Energy Return on Investment

By Charles Hall, originally published by Post Carbon Institute/Foundation for Deep Ecology

May 22, 2013

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This essay comes from the book ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth Published by the Foundation for Deep Ecology in collaboration with Watershed Media and Post Carbon Institute.

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Charles Hall

A systems ecologist with a focus on energy, Charles A. S. Hall is ESF College Foundation distinguished Professor at the State University of New York in the College of Environmental Science & Forestry (ESF). He has held positions at the Brookhaven Laboratory, Cornell University, and other institutions, and is the author of more than 250 publication.

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