Energy inputs and outputs in fossil fuel production systems will be examined by a team assembled by the Colorado Energy Research Institute

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POST OFFICE BOX 366 * GOLDEN, COLORADO 80401 * 303/279-0300 * 303/279-2881 Energy inputs and outputs in fossil fuel production systems will be examined by a team assembled by the Colorado Energy Research Institute in order to address the question; ''How much energy does it take to produce energy," according to Thomas J. Vogenthaler, Director of the Colorado Energy Research Institute. In order that the United States does not become more and more dependent upon imported petroleum to supply its future energy needs, the efficient use of its own fossil fuel resources has become vitally important. It is these fossil fuels’ - petroleum, natural gas, oil shale, and coal - which must supply most of the nation's energy requirements for at least the next 20 years. All of these fuels occur as a part of the State of Colorado's enormous energy reserves. The Colorado Energy Research Institute (CERI), a state agency, is therefore launching its comprehensive study to determine what energy inputs are needed to convert each of these fossil fuels into usable end products. CERI was established by the State Legislature in 1974, to promote and coordinate research on the State's energy resources. According to Vogenthaler, the research is being conducted by an interdisciplinary panel of scientists and engineers from the University

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