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Tom DC in VA on March 30, 2006 - 12:03pm
Hard to believe the EROEI is positive on that hunk of metal, but I suppose it's a matter of scale.
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Magnus Redin on March 30, 2006 - 12:08pm
It would probably not have been built if it had been more efficient too use several smaller machines.
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