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Re:Smartphone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner by dredmorbius on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:30AM (#16481842)
Embodied energy is specifically the manufacturing cost, and may include total product lifecycle costs, other than use. That would include disposal.
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Re:Smartphone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner by forapurpose on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @09:34AM (#16483211)
Thanks for the education; that's a useful concept.

> Embodied

Do you mean "embedded"? I'm not nitpicking; I want to make sure I understand.

Where does one find the embedded/embodied energy for a product? I'd be surprised if it can be calculated - the energy required to mine, transport, manufacture, dispose every bit of every raw material that eventually goes into all the parts of an automobile (or other complex modern device)? It would be a very valuable but daunting task. How is it done and who does it?

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Re:Smartphone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner by dredmorbius on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @12:02PM (#16484477)
Apparently both terms are used. I feel slightly less stupid.

http://www.appropedia.org/Embedded_energy

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