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I wonder if there's some economic equivalent to the second law of thermodynamics. If entropy is always increasing, perhaps the environmental costs of a system c
by oroup 13y ago
I wonder if there's some economic equivalent to the second law of thermodynamics. If entropy is always increasing, perhaps the environmental costs of a system can never be non-positive. Entropy can only increase. I haven't fully thought it through but it's an intriguing idea.
- geon 13y agoEntropy can/will decrease in a system with a flow of energy.
- RyanMcGreal 13y agoBear in mind that the earth isn't a closed energy system. We get a constant input of energy from the sun.