Abstract
Full fuel cycle analysis (FFCA) or Net Energy Analysis (NEA), have been promoted as a way to reduce energy consumption as well as to force the industry to utilize “desirable” fuels. FFCA had its origin in the early 1970's, when there was a great deal of concern over the energy supply. By the late 1970's, the interest in the FFCA waned. Significant difficulties arose when a unified and consistent analysis was attempted. Starting in the mid-1980's, there has been a renewed interest in the FFCA, this time prompted and driven by concerns over environmental emissions (including residual externalities) rather than by quantity of the energy supply. There has been a considerable amount of work done both in Europe as well as in the United States in this area. This paper presents a skeptical overview of history and applications of the FFCA over the last 20 years by examining its promises and pitfalls. Ultimately, this paper argues that problems with this methodology turn out to be intractable due to widely varying results that it produces.
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