The following new book is recommended:
*Energy and the Wealth of Nations*
Charles A. S. Hall and Kent A. Klitgaard
Springer, 2012
Very comprehensive on the issue of "energy return on investment"
Outline:
Part 1. Energy and the Origins of Wealth
Chapter 1. Poverty, Wealth, and Human Aspirations
Chapter 2. Energy and Wealth Production: A Historical Perspective
Chapter 3. The Petroleum Revolution
Part 2. Energy, Economics, and the Structure of Society
Chapter 4. Explaining Economics from an Energy Perspective
Chapter 5. The Limits of Conventional Economics
Chapter 6. The Petroleum Revolution II: Concentrated Power
and Concentrated Industries
Chapter 7. The Postwar Economic Order, Growth, and the
Hydrocarbon Economy
Chapter 8. Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Energy
Chapter 9. Are there Limits to Growth? Examining the Evidence
Part 3. Energy and Economics: The Basics
Chapter 10. What Is Energy and How Is It Related to Wealth Production?
Chapter 11. The Basic Science Needed to Understand the Relation
of Energy to Economics
Chapter 12. The Required Quantitative Skills
Chapter 13. Economics as Science: Physical or Biophysical?
Part 4. The Science Behind How Real Economics Work
Chapter 14. Energy Return on Investment
Chapter 15. Peak Oil, EROI, Investments, and Our Financial Future
Chapter 16. The Role of Models for Good and Evil
Chapter 17. How to Do Biophysical Economics
Part 5. Understanding How Real-World Economics Work
Chapter 18. Peal Oil, Market Crash, and the Quest for Sustainability:
Economic Consequences of Declining EROI
Chapter 19. Environmental Considerations
Chapter 20. Living the Good Life in a Lower EROI Future
Luis
Luis T. Gutiérrez, PhD, PE
The Pelican Web of Solidarity and Sustainability
Mother Pelican: A Journal of Sustainable Human Development
http://pelicanweb.org
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