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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy



"Mike Asher" <masher@tusc.net> wrote for all to see:

>Jay Hanson <jhanson@ilhawaii.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Here is my working definition of carrying capacity:
>> 
>> "Carrying capacity is the maximum load that can be exerted
>>  on a life support system by a population of animals without
>>  damaging the system itself...
>
>Hehehe.   Unfortunately, that is not the correct definition of carrying
>capacity.  If you're going to create the meanings as you go along,
>communication becomes impossible.

I may be mistaken, and you can correct me if I am wrong, but I suspect
that Jay does not want communication.  He is the only poster I have
seen who references his own (substandard, in my opinion) work, and
redefines accepted scientific terms as he goes along.

Regards, Harold
----
"The right to have children should be a marketable commodity,
bought and sold among individuals, but absolutely limited to 
the state."
     - Kenneth Boulding, 1982, "Progress and Privilege",
	William Tucker, pp. 105-106.



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