Charles Hall is a systems ecologist with strong interests in biophysical economics, and the relation of energy to society. Central to Hall's work is an understanding that the survival of all living creatures is limited by the concept of energy return on investment (EROI): that any living being or living society can survive only so long as they are capable of getting more net energy from any activity than they expend during the performance of that activity. He is the author or co-author of, among others, Energy and the Wealth of Nation...
Charles Hall is a systems ecologist with strong interests in biophysical
economics, and the relation of energy to society. Central to Hall's work is
an understanding that the survival of all living creatures is limited by
the concept of energy return on investment (EROI): that any living being or
living society can survive only so long as they are capable of getting more
net energy from any activity than they expend during the performance of
that activity. He is the author or co-author of, among others, Energy and
the Wealth of Nations,
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