The Effects of Energy Efficiency and Resource Consumption on Environmental Sustainability
Primary energy has become a vital part of society—from mobility, heating, and cooling to refrigeration to preserve food as well as for simple communication methods, such as texting. As such, pollution and environmental concerns regarding the impact of human activities have become mainstream and effo...
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| description | Primary energy has become a vital part of society—from mobility, heating, and cooling to refrigeration to preserve food as well as for simple communication methods, such as texting. As such, pollution and environmental concerns regarding the impact of human activities have become mainstream and efforts have been made to reduce solid wastes as well as CO<sub>2</sub> and greenhouse gas emissions. Renewable energy is almost synonymous with environmentally friendly. While energy conversion from fossil fuels and natural gases is responsible for most of the pollution (CO<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>x</sub>, SO<sub>2</sub>, particulate matter (PM), etc.) in modern society, these processes also generated 86% of global primary energy in 2019. Furthermore, as humans become more dependent on energy, power demands will only increase with time. Material hunger represents another little perceived dependency of human prosperity. The longevity of products and goods is crucial to limit CO<sub>2eq</sub> emissions associated with material streams. This paper will focus on two relationships: that of CO<sub>2</sub> and friction, and that of sustainability and wear protection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8acdbfa7ea0044d0ac8cafa71c9e13cd2023-11-23T09:16:08ZengMDPI AGLubricants2075-44422021-12-0191211710.3390/lubricants9120117The Effects of Energy Efficiency and Resource Consumption on Environmental SustainabilityRaj Shah0Rui Chen1Mathias Woydt2Koehler Instrument Company, Inc., 85 Corporate Drive, New York, NY 11742, USADepartment of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Stony Brook University, New York, NY 11794, USAMATRILUB, D-12203 Berlin, GermanyPrimary energy has become a vital part of society—from mobility, heating, and cooling to refrigeration to preserve food as well as for simple communication methods, such as texting. As such, pollution and environmental concerns regarding the impact of human activities have become mainstream and efforts have been made to reduce solid wastes as well as CO<sub>2</sub> and greenhouse gas emissions. Renewable energy is almost synonymous with environmentally friendly. While energy conversion from fossil fuels and natural gases is responsible for most of the pollution (CO<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>x</sub>, SO<sub>2</sub>, particulate matter (PM), etc.) in modern society, these processes also generated 86% of global primary energy in 2019. Furthermore, as humans become more dependent on energy, power demands will only increase with time. Material hunger represents another little perceived dependency of human prosperity. The longevity of products and goods is crucial to limit CO<sub>2eq</sub> emissions associated with material streams. This paper will focus on two relationships: that of CO<sub>2</sub> and friction, and that of sustainability and wear protection.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/9/12/117energy efficiencyCO<sub>2</sub>wearenvironmental sustainabilitygreenhouse gasestribology |
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| title | The Effects of Energy Efficiency and Resource Consumption on Environmental Sustainability |
| title_full | The Effects of Energy Efficiency and Resource Consumption on Environmental Sustainability |
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| title_short | The Effects of Energy Efficiency and Resource Consumption on Environmental Sustainability |
| title_sort | effects of energy efficiency and resource consumption on environmental sustainability |
| topic | energy efficiency CO<sub>2</sub> wear environmental sustainability greenhouse gases tribology |
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