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Exergoecology: A thermodynamic approach for accounting the Earth's mineral capital - The case of bauxite–aluminium and limestone–lime chains

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2010

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Valero, A., and Valero, A., 2010, Exergoecology: A thermodynamic approach for accounting the Earth's mineral capital - The case of bauxite–aluminium and limestone–lime chains: Energy, v. 35, iss. 1, p. 229-238.

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Societal dependence on oil leads to increasingly negative social consequences throughout the world, including climate change, air pollution, political and economic instability, and habitat degradation. Reliance on the automobile for transportation also contributes to a sedentary lifestyle, an obesity epidemic and poor health. These problems are particularly pronounced in the USA, which currently consumes c. 27% of global oil production and produces c. 25% of global carbon emissions, and where c. 65% of adults are overweight or obese. Other countries throughout the world that replicate or hope to replicate the automobile-based lifestyle of the USA face similar problems now or in the near future. This paper develops and applies calculations [...]

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