“ Now it’s the other way around: we are using more and more electricity, natural gas, and in some cases even “renewables”, just to keep diesel flowing and the world economy ticking.”
People have to wrap their heads around the reality that the petroleum extraction business isn’t net energy positive today.
In a very important sense net zero is a given, at least with respect to oil or gas. The detail is our modern life is built on this stuff.
EROI of petroleum
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