Direct-energy energy return on investment and carbon cost shares for selected countries and the world 1960-2010
| dc.contributor.advisor | King, Carey Wayne, 1974- | en |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pierce, Suzanne Alise, 1969- | en |
| dc.creator | Donovan, Alyssa Kathleen | en |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0002-3387-448X | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-22T19:28:15Z | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-22T22:28:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-10-22T19:28:15Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-22T22:28:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2015 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-10-22T19:28:15Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In this thesis I focus on EROI[subscript direct] and carbon cost shares supplemented to global energy cost shares. This thesis builds off the work done by Maxwell (2013) and King (2015-submitted) in analyzing the potential for contemporary energy sources and carbon expenditures to reach some threshold value that acts as a constraint towards continued global economic growth. I calculate two metrics EROI[subscript direct] and the carbon cost share from data for 44 countries and an associated 44-country 'global' aggregate for 1960-2010. I additionally calculate projected estimates for carbon cost shares for 2015-2050. I compare our results to historical EROI[subscript direct+indirect] values for global energy sources, historical values for global energy cost shares, and estimations for expenditures for risk-aversion climate payments and abatement policies. I argue (1) that recent history suggests an increasing importance of indirect inputs re: efficiency of energy and (2) that carbon costs are relevant to the discussion of economic growth thresholds and hold the potential for a significant fraction (~1-4%) of global GDP until 2050. | en |
| dc.description.department | Energy and Earth Resources | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.15781/T23903 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/31878 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Energy return on investment | en |
| dc.subject | Energy cost shares | en |
| dc.subject | Carbon cost shares | en |
| dc.title | Direct-energy energy return on investment and carbon cost shares for selected countries and the world 1960-2010 | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |