There was a post recently linking to an article by Wall noting that 'exergy' is a term commonly used, particularly in Europe, to denote available energy....
Frank Chemists, engineers and many other specialists use formulae and terms they are familiar with. Unfortunately that does not help the general public,...
The article below provides insight into the limits that are hitting the operations of civilization. It is a source of useful information. However, it is...
I do not understand what is to be gained by using terms like "energy" improperly. Denis thinks that energy dissipates to waste heat; but waste heat is energy....
Jay, It's very reasonable from majority past history to assume the 'rule of the genes' condemns us to dieoff. There are two problems with that though: (a) It...
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Denis If the "arrow of time" was hidden even from us engineers, just imagine the profound ignorance of economists about the "arrow", although, to mention...
Genetics and using our existing innovative powers to further change the way we live and design our societal functioning. Â Â Â Â But those changes require us...
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Economics as if the Laws of Thermodynamics Mattered by David Jones There is no wealth but life. –John Ruskin ...
(Great example of what's wrong with Wall Street!) THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR BET http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/mf-global-six-billion-dollar-bet/ -- ...
Japan's energy crisis is creating opportunity for U.S companies like Sempra Energy SRE +0.99% . San Diego-based Sempra was facing a $5 billion or more tab to...
Edison Thanks for those references. In my career I used thermodynamics in assessing the performance of gas turbine engines so I had appreciable experience with...
Zerohedge regularly, in fact normally, cites economists and in fact presents it's arguments for economic collapse through the economics models that exist. To...
The ususal story of expounding when the wager goes wrong and silence if not jubilation when the wager goes right. We complained about insane house loans...
The discussion below is interesting for its mix of the intangible information with the tangible operation of systems, including organisms such as humans. The...
The exerpt below leads to the wrong conclusion about a living thing through a misunderstanding of entropy. A living thing is not a closed system as it has food...
Tom says I should use established physical principles. I believe the growth of organisms encompasses physical principles that have been established over eons....
The Yomiuri Shimbun Japan and Russia likely will reach a broad agreement as early as this month on business plans for a liquefied natural gas plant project in...
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/papers/pfc92.pdf *THE ADAPTED MIND: Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture, J. Barkow, L. Cosmides, & J....
As usual, no one thinks about the future. Instead of selling the gas now, we should keep in reserve for our own future generations. The Finnish author Henrik...
... Subject: Everyone's Buzzing About This Cute Little Girl Who Slams Canada's Version of the Federal Reserve Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 08:57:22 -0400 From:...
________________________________ From: peter salonius [petersalonius@...] Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 11:20 AM Hello to all The common belief is that...
Sorry, Virginia , that reads just like the denials blurted out after the Limits to Growth was published.....and those limits are being reached now. Frank...
LOMA LA LATA, Argentina — In a desertlike stretch of scrub grass and red buttes, oil companies are punching holes in the ground in search of what might be...
The comments below provide insight into typical anthropocentric thinking that is making a major contribution to the operations that are ensuring the demise of...
Jay Tell me how your thoughts are tangible. You quote the definition of tangible then say thought is tangible. You say that thought obeys the laws of physics....
So what did the public learn from the .com era of the late 1990's? Judging from the response to the Facebook selloff....very little to absolutely nothing. ...
