Seeking to Understand the Reasons for Different Energy Return on Investment (EROI) Estimates for Biofuels

Charles A.S. Hall, Bruce E. Dale and David Pimentel
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Charles A.S. Hall: College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, New York, NY 13210, USA
Bruce E. Dale: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
David Pimentel: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Sustainability, 2011, vol. 3, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: The authors of this paper have been involved in contentious discussion of the EROI of biomass-based ethanol. This contention has undermined, in the minds of some, the utility of EROI for assessing fuels. This paper seeks to understand the reasons for the divergent results.

Keywords: Ethanol; EROI; corn-based; cellulosic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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