[FRIAM] bigger plans, bigger little mistakes

[Robert Holmes]

Phil,
I don't think that your reliance on the second law is correct. The Clausius
statement of the 2nd law is:
The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase
over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.

The earth isn't an isolated system: the sun inputs energy. So I don't think
you can use the 2nd law.

Robert



On 4/29/07, Phil Henshaw <sy at synapse9.com> wrote:
>
> Or somewhat equivalently, getting us to pay carbon taxes on what we
> consume...  To do that we'd need some way guess the carbon content (and
> other earth insults) for products the manufacturer didn't provide
> verifiable data for... and just as necessary, some believable plan for
> using the money collected.  *But* that too would still provide only
> temporary relief!!  The co2/$ ratio for total economic product (economic
> efficiency) can only be reduced toward a positive limit and not toward
> zero (real 2nd law).
>
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