Dutil, Yvan; Rousse, Daniel - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 8, pp. 1711-1732
It is often claimed that the cheapest energy is the one you do not need to produce. Nevertheless, this claim could somehow be unsubstantiated. In this article, the authors try to shed some light on this issue by using the concept of energy return on investment (<em>EROI</em>) as a yardstick. This choice...