Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, and Program in Environmental Science, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, USA.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010 Jan;1185:102-18. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05282.x.
There have been five foremost empirical efforts regarding energy return on investment (EROI) analysis over the past few years, including the topics of: (1) whether corn ethanol is a net energy yielder; (2) a summary of the state of EROI for most major fuel types; (3) alternative applications of EROI, such as energy return on water invested (EROWI); (4) the relation between EROI and the economy; and (5) an attempt to calculate the minimum EROI for a sustainable society. This paper offers a review of these five main areas of interest and provides a history of the development of EROI as well as a review of some of the various definitions of EROI and how they apply to EROI analyses. The paper concludes by listing numerous areas of improvement that are needed within EROI research.
在过去几年中，已经有五项关于能源投资回报率 (EROI) 分析的主要实证研究，包括：(1) 玉米乙醇是否是净能源产生者；(2) 对大多数主要燃料类型的 EROI 状况的总结；(3) EROI 的替代应用，例如投入水的能源回报率 (EROWI)；(4) EROI 与经济的关系；以及 (5) 计算可持续社会最低 EROI 的尝试。本文对这五个主要关注领域进行了回顾，并提供了 EROI 的发展历史以及对 EROI 的各种定义的回顾，以及它们如何适用于 EROI 分析。本文最后列出了 EROI 研究中需要改进的许多领域。
