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noun
The total amount of energy required to produce a product or service, covering its entire life cycle from extraction of raw materials to its eventual disposal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: environmental science
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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