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Energy Return on Investment (EROI) is a measure of the quality of various fuels, which calculates the ratio between the energy provided by a particular fuel to society and the energy invested in capturing and delivering that energy in its final or useful form, depending on the boundary of analysis.
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da Silva Neves, M.V., Flutt, A.F. (2024). Energy Return on Investment and the Competitiveness of Oil. In: Energy Efficiency in Oil Production. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54274-9_3
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