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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
Jay Hanson <jhanson@ilhawaii.net> writes:
> Steinn Sigurdsson wrote:
> > Joel Cohen's article in Science July 21 1995 discusses
> > the problem of defining human carrying capacity.
> > The discussion is (apparently) elaborated in his
> > recent (reputadly good) book.
> >
> > Jay Hanson's "definitions" are no more reliable for
> > carrying capacity than they are for thermodynamics.
> It is a problem to define human carrying capacity,
> so it cant be done? Is that what passes for logic
> at Cambridge?
No. The statement is that your definition of
carrying capacity is not consistent with other
definitions, and apparently useless. The same
applies to your definitions of thermodynamics.
I recommend you leave the Island Press diatribes
aside for an hour and read Cohen's article.
> It never fails to amaze me that there are so many
> idiots in universities. What do you do at Cambridge?
> Sweep up?
Ho hum. Only if it needs to be done and no one else
will do it. My position at Cambridge is a matter of
public record if you actually care.
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