The Steady State and Ecological Salvation: A Thermodynamic Analysis
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in BioScience
- Vol. 27 (4) , 266-270
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1297702
Abstract
The idea of ecological salvation through a stationary world is a symptom of the attraction which absence of change has always had for the scholarly mind. The world cannot, however, be a thermodynamic steady state, whether open or closed. A novel law of thermodynamics refutes the last case. The need is for a new scale of bioeconomic values.Keywords
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