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energy  

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  • ENERGY IS TYPICALLY defined as the ability to do the work. According to the First Law of Thermodynamics, energy is always conserved, so it cannot be destroyed nor created, it only can be transformed from one form to another. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Energy]

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