Journal Article10.1016/J.ECOLMODEL.2003.12.017
Energy analysis and EMERGY analysis—a comparison
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TL;DR: A comparison between energy analysis and energy analysis is presented in this article, where the authors present a consistent comparison of EA and EMA applied to the same system, and show that EMA is more subject to criticism, and more likely to fail in its putative policy uses.
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About: This article is published in Ecological Modelling. The article was published on 15 Oct 2004. The article focuses on the topics: Emergy & Transformity.
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