Continued economic growth depends on our ability to develop sources of energy with more favorable ER

Mar 26, 2009 01:22

The idea that low-entropy matter-energy is the ultimate natural resource requires some explanation. This can be provided easily by a short exposition of the laws of thermodynamics in terms of an apt image borrowed from Georgescu-Roegen. Consider an hour glass. It is a closed system in that no sand enters the glass and none leaves. The amount of ( Read more... )

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