Ugo Bardi
Ugo Bardi
Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read

Norman, new assessments have changed the idea that the “legacy oil” had an EROI=100. It seems that crude oil never had an EROI larger than about 30, and the fastest growing periods were for EROIs around 20. So, wind turbines can do better than that and PV is not so far away from these values. And, more than that, we have to be happy with what we have!

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    Ugo Bardi

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    Ugo Bardi

    Ugo Bardi teaches at the University of Florence, Italy. He is also a member of the Club of Rome and the author of several books on the future of the world