4/13/2024 0 Comments What is embodied energy![]() ![]() There’s other embodied energy in a cereal box-the ink on it, the human designers who made the product branding, etc. Then there’s the liner in the box, often made of plastic, wax paper, or parchment which represent raw materials ( petroleum -or dinosaur and other fossils if you want to get technical-and wood pulp).įinally there’s the box itself, made of cardboard, hence of wood pulp or, to go to the source, trees, which takes us back to that water and sunlight. The embodied energy in the cereal contains everything from the sunlight and water (energy) that fed and made the grain grow, to the human laborer or machinery and fuel (or a combination of all) that harvested and processed the grain into a food palatable to humans. Take a box of cereal as an everyday example. Have you ever heard the term “ embodied energy?” It refers to energy that has already been spent to create something. ![]()
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