What kind of conservation law is energy conservation in thermodynamics?

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As I understand it, Noether's theorem is an important result that allows us to show when certain kinds of conservations arise. Is energy conservation in thermodynamics a result of Noether's theorem? If not, where does it come from? Or is it just an accepted axiom?

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What kind of conservation law is energy conservation in thermodynamics?

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