1.0Taming the Technospherehttps://blogs.oregonstate.edu/technosphereDavid Turnerhttps://blogs.oregonstate.edu/technosphere/author/turnedav/The Technosphere Respiration Feedback - Taming the Technosphererich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tsIVq7UzhV"><a href="https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/technosphere/2021/07/12/the-technosphere-respiration-feedback/">The Technosphere Respiration Feedback</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.oregonstate.edu/technosphere/2021/07/12/the-technosphere-respiration-feedback/embed/#?secret=tsIVq7UzhV" width="600" height="338" title="“The Technosphere Respiration Feedback” — Taming the Technosphere" data-secret="tsIVq7UzhV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The technosphere equivalent of maintenance respiration is the energy throughput not associated with materials production, e.g., energy for heating, cooling, transportation, and communication. The technosphere equivalent of biomass production is manufacture of material artifacts like cars and buildings, much of which is turnover (replacement of worn-out or non-functioning objects) and some of which is new (expansion of the technosphere). The combination of energy spent on maintenance and manufacturing could loosely be considered technosphere respiration.https://osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/blogs.dir/3635/files/2021/07/air_conditioners-1024x628.jpg