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Key words: econology, ecometallurgy, econological ternary diagrams.
Abstract: A new branch of science called econology is being defined and shortly characterized as studying the economics-ecology-energy associations (3E or E^sup 3^ associations). In the future, the trio must be turned into economics-ecology-energy-technology (T), so that the symbol of the econology shall be E^sup 3^T. In the same context, two methodological instruments of econological analysis shall be reviewed:
- content in primary substance;
- econological ternary diagrams.
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1. INTRODUCTION
The approach of the durable development concept can be based on two knowledge methodologies.
On one side, especially in the engineering area, specialization plays an important part. This is the reason why, for example, in metallurgy, the environment engineering is based more and more on a new subbranch of science called ecometallurgy. Its objective is the theoretical foundation of the knowledge and application of the technologies and techniques of improvement in the metallic material industry in agreement with the objectives of the durable development concept. Under the same terms, some other branches of knowledge can be brought forward: environment economics and environment energetics [2, 5, 6].
On the other side, in agreement with the globalization tendency, the inter (trans) disciplinary knowledge becomes more and more a necessity. This instrument allows the analysis of the metallurgical process - industrial ecology - environment economics associations as integralist-type modem methodology [2].
The above-mentioned have turned lately into concern to explore (by study and research) the interdisciplinary area related to the economics - ecology association under optimization terms of energetic requirements. It is the area of the 3 Es or, to underline the significance further, the area of E3 [3, 4]. This new field of scientific knowledge has been called econology. In the future, this ternary must be turned into the economics-ecology-energy-technology (T) associations, so that the symbol of econology shall be E3T [I]. No special arguments are required to accept that econology deals, in particular cases, also with type 2E (or E2) associations: economics - ecology, economics -energetics or ecology - energetics.
Econology came into being at the end of the XX -th century. The etymology of the word is the result of a combination between the prefix econo (from economics) and the suffix...