Unit conversions:
1 kWh = 3.6 MJ (megajoules)
1 US gallon gas = 33.4 kWh = 120 MJ
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Embodied energy of building materials (Australian, but should be within a small factor of values for USA)

https://www.yourhome.gov.au/materials/embodied-energy

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Some references:

Embodied energy of beverage packaging
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479720301080
(on sci-hub:
doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110172)
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After reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society I have a few questions --

Is anybody publicly collating embodied energy costs for different products and/or materials?

Any foundations or other efforts focusing on framing this question in a North American context?

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