Comparing Apples to Apples: Why the Net Energy Analysis Community Needs to Adopt the Life-Cycle Analysis Framework

How do we know which energy technologies or resources are worth pursuing and which aren’t? One way to answer that question is to compare the energy return of a certain technology—i.e., how much energy is remaining after accounting for the amount of energy expended in the production and delivery proc...

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Main Authors: David J. Murphy, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Devin Moeller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/11/917