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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
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Subject: Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
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From: charliew@hal-pc.org (charliew)
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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 96 23:52:52 GMT
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Article: 15660 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: talk.environment, sci.environment, sci.energy, sci.econ, sci.agriculture, alt.sustainable.agriculture
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In article <327CE5DB.3B8C@ilhawaii.net>,
Jay Hanson <jhanson@ilhawaii.net> wrote:
>Harold Brashears wrote:
>
>> If I may interject a moment, this fallacy is a weakness
of people who
>> have no understanding of thermodynamics. The concept of
entropy
>> (disorder) constantly increasing applies only to a closed
system. If
>> you do not live in a coal mine, you realize that the
earth is not a
>> closed system. It receives a constant energy input from
the sun,
>> energy which feeds evolution and life on earth.
>
>Harold,
>If you would have read a book in the last 50 years
> (or even checked my references), you would know better.
>
>Economists in Europe have been reading about entropy
> and how it relates to the economy for years.
> See: http://csf.Colorado.EDU/authors/hanson/page17.htm
Gee,
economists didn't even know what a mathematical derivative
was more than 10 years ago. Now all of a sudden, they are
geniuses! Go figure.
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