Thanatia: The Destiny Of The Earth's Mineral Resources - A Thermodynamic Cradle-to-cradle AssessmentIs Gaia becoming Thanatia, a resource exhausted planet? For how long can our high tech society be sustained in the light of declining mineral ore grades, heavy dependence on un recycled critical metals and accelerated material dispersion? These are all root causes of future disruptions that need to be addressed today. This book presents a cradle to cradle view of the Earth's abiotic resources through a novel and rigorous approach based on the Second