Energy Analysis and Public Policy

Gilliland, Martha W.

doi:10.1126/science.189.4208.1051

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“…The flow of energy is the primary concern of what has come to be known as energy analysis (2)(3)(4). An important aspect of energy analysis is the determination of the total (direct and indirect) energy required for the production of economic or environmental goods and services.…”

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Embodied Energy and Economic Valuation

Costanza

1980

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Input-output analysis has been adapted to calculate the total (direct plus indirect) energy required to produce goods and services in the U.S. economy; this quantity has been termed the embodied energy. Usually, the energy required to produce labor and government services and the solar energy input to the economy are ignored by analysts. The former omission can be traced to the assumption that traditional primary factors of economic production-land, labor, and capital-are independent. A strong case can be made that these input factors are not independent and that energy is required for their production. Embodied energies can be calculated in this case by using input-output data. The results of such an analysis show that there is a strong relation between embodied energy and dollar value for a 92-sector U.S. economy if the energy required to produce labor and government services is included.

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Embodied Energy and Economic Valuation

Costanza

1980

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“…As explored more fully in Gilliland (1978) and Thomas (1977), among other sources, the first law· efficiency measure can be used to analyze the feasibility of alternative projects from an energy perspective. In the form given by Eq.…”

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Proposition on Energy Analysis and Economic Efficiency

Hertzmark¹

1979

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“…The exclusive emphasis on energy and the energy content of inputs in net energy analysis rests on the concept of energy as the ultimate limiting factor. This assertion stems from (1) the role of energy as an input required to run an economic system or production process and (.2) the fact.that energy cannot be recycled without loss (Gilland 1975).…”

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