George Carlin had a great bit on equilibrium: "Plastic, Assholes!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tncnWp67wQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tncnWp67wQI Ther

George Carlin had a great bit on equilibrium: "Plastic, Assholes!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tncnWp67wQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tncnWp67wQI There's no equilibrium or value judgement without specifying a time frame. The only absolute, timeless equilibrium is one that cannot sustain physical processes any more (known as the Heat Death of the Universe in physics). With that in mind, is it surprising that there was such a thing as wood pollution? "Reduce the toxic oxygen, Kill the trees, Save CO2"?