New Review Concludes Very Low EROI of Oil Shale Combined with High Carbon Intensity Likely Makes it an Unsuitable Alternative to Conventional Crude Oil
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2010
Source: Cleveland and O’Connor. If internal energy is excluded, and only purchased energy is used as input, then the EROI calculated is in the range of 2 to 16. While one could argue that the char and gas produced and consumed within the shale conversion process has zero opportunity cost—i.e., Cleveland and O’Connor.
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