Conclusion
Wear Protection and Sustainability. An Expert Study by the German Society for Tribolgy

The public discourse on CO ₂ emissions and sustainable development ignores the cause-and-effect relationship between friction and CO ₂ emissions, the correlation between wear protection and sustainable development, and finally the interaction between wear protection and CO ₂ emissions. Unfortunately, the political debate has not yet examined the potential of tribology in terms of reducing energy and material losses. Tribology offers a CO ₂ reduction potential of at least three "wedges" per