Energy Accounting
Bucky Fuller concept of measuring the true cost of anything (object/product or process/service) in terms of total-life Energy consumption (in making, operating, disposing, etc.) (Transparent Society)
https://www.otherlab.com/blog-posts/us-energy-flow-super-sankey sankey diagram
http://www.nous.org.uk/energy.acc.html
http://www.nous.org.uk/energy.html
http://www.cjfearnley.com/fuller-faq-3.html#ss3.2
"Cosmic Costing" http://people.montana.com/~calsch/CosmicCosting.htm
The liquidity of the World Energy Grid would lead to such a method.
I think the Ecological Footprint model is highly derivative (and inferior) to Bucky's work.
- see related Carbon Accounting
Mixes of sectors (and biggest sub-sector) in the US:
- industrial: 36%: Facilities and equipment used for producing and processing goods.... 22% chemical production
- transportation: 35%: Vehicles which transport people/goods on ground, air, or water... 61% gasoline fuel
- residential: 17%: Living quarters for private households.... 32% space heating
- commercial: 12%: Service-providing facilities and equipment (businesses, government, other institutions)... 25% lighting
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