"The Steady State and Ecological Salvation: A Thermodynamic Analysis"
by Georgescu-Roegen, Nicholas (1977)
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
Environmental Economics, Thermodynamics, Sustainable Development, Ecology, Environmentalism, Sustainability, BioeconomyThemes
Steady StateLinks to Reference
- https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article-abstract/27/4/266/217535
- http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1297702
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