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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy



charliew wrote:
 
> You guys are getting way out in left field here.  Let's do a
> quick thought experiment.  If the polluted water was
> polluted by oil, and you happened to be a particular
> bacteria that used oil for food, you would consider this

That's the point!  Ecological economics (EE) concerns
itself with entropy in systems defined and measured based
upon the WAY WE USE THEM -- not how bacteria use them.

Seen from this perspective, the EE entropy issue becomes
quite simple to understand.

A strictly biological perspective would be very different --
and it seems much more complex.

Jay