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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
mfriesel@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > 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 note:
>
> Actually, communication only becomes impossible when people refuse to
> agree on definitions. You see it here all the time.
Very true, especially when we're dealing with slippery concepts like
'growth' and 'standard of living'. Carrying capacity, however, has a
clear, rigorous, definition: the asymptotic value of the controlling
population equation. Mr. Hanson's definition of CC as "population of a
given species that be supported indefinitely in a defined habitat without
permanently damaging the ecosystem" is fallacious.
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Mike Asher
masher@tusc.net
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