From: D S Byrne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>summarize a long and comlex argument, the application of the second law of
>thermodynamics to biological, ecological and human social systems is
>rubbish.
Obviously, you are mistaken David. There are no exceptions to the laws
of thermodynamics. They apply everywhere -- even in your backyard.
The laws of thermodynamics tell us that you can not burn a barrel of oil
twice. It's like gravity -- you can try it at home.
Let me know how your experiment turns out. <G>
Jay
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Erwin Schrodinger (1945) has described life as a system in
steady-state thermodynamic disequilibrium that maintains its
constant distance from equilibrium (death) by feeding on
low entropy from its environment -- that is, by exchanging
high-entropy outputs for low-entropy inputs. The same
statement would hold verbatim as a physical description
of our economic process. A corollary of this statement
is an organism cannot live in a medium of its own
waste products.
-- Daly and Townsend
