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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy



Harold Brashears wrote:
 
> I read what you had posted, and this confirmed my belief that you do
> not understand entropy.  Entropy is a condition or state of a system,
> which can be used as measure of the disorder.
> 
> In a closed system, entropy can never decrease, but, the earth is not
> a closed system.  I am sorry you do not understand this, but in
> practice, it means it cannot be applied blindly to a system, like the
> earth, which is constantly receiving energy from the outside (the
> sun).

If you would read what I posted, you would understand what I am
talking about.

> >------------
> >All matter and energy in the universe are subject to
> >the Laws of Thermodynamics. In the discipline of Ecological
> >Economics, systems are delimited so that they are meaningful
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The world doesn't come with dotted lines Harold. <G>
We draw them!  For example, the entropy of a dinner
plate system increases when the dinner plate breaks.

Get it?

Jay


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