Thanks to both responders so far. I would agree that the total cost of any item is a rough proxie for the total energy required to produce it, although there are lots of things with significant taxes or subsides (direct & indirect) built into them, which distorts the relative impact of the...
Is there any organized effort out there to measure and manage the total energy content of manufactured goods? It seems to me that producers, consumers and governments could all use accurate information about the total energy used and the sources of that energy if we are going to make intenligent...
