Use the second law of thermodynamics (see Chapter 2, p. 42) to analyze the scientific and economic feasibility of each of the following processes:
a. Extracting certain minerals from seawater
b. Mining increasingly lower-grade deposits of minerals
c. Continuing to mine, use, and recycle minerals at increasing rates
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