Our shifting energy landscape requires a new way to measure the amount of energy that can be extracted from any given source against the energy required to produce and distribute it.
      • fake_meows@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        6 days ago

        Barrels extracted is still on a steady growth slope, but the total net energy (per year, year over year) is declining anyhow.

        I think the energy cost of the barrels is eating into the energy profits. We don’t seem to be growing the volume as fast as we need to, as the quality is going down.

        • eleitl@lemmy.zipOPM
          2·
          6 days ago

          Latest Honest Sorcerer has a graph showing that adding extracted oil volume resulted in progressively less diesel output after 2014.

          Given that according to Gail we’ve been running short on prime mover diesel volume at dropping EROEI shows we’re no longer in Kansas anymore.

          Starting a major disruption under the circumstances will be an experiment that is going to be fun to watch.