UKe 48 - Energiparadokset

Energiparadokset

Mennesket og alle andre dyr er genetisk innrettet for å omsette minst mulig energi…‽

Det viser seg bl.a. i at man tar snarveier ved bevegelse i terreng, hviler seg ofte, mm.

Etter at mennesket oppfant mekanisk energiomsetning, har bedageligheten medført at man bruker motorisert energiomsetning for ethvert gjøremål; ikke bare bevegelse, men til nesten alle aktiviteter (vaskemaskin, støvsuger, plenklipper, motorsag, osv.)

Det mest absurde er nok motorisert mosjon i form av tredemøller i treningsentra…‽

Bedagelighet har medført at mennesket er historiens største energisløser, og energiomsetningen er i ferd med å ta knekken på planetens evne til termodynamisk likevekt

Noen lenker:

Axel Kleidon: How does the Earth system generate and maintain thermodynamic disequilibrium and what does it imply for the future of the planet?, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 2012-03-13

Thermodynamics and the Earth system

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Noen sitater:

"high quanta of energy degrade social relations just as inevitably as they destroy the physical milieu."
― Ivan Illich (1926-2002)

“One of the greatest achievements of modern science was, that it proved the indestructibility of energy through all the ceaseless transformations which it undergoes in the universe.”
― Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921)

"Energy is the master resource, because energy enables us to convert one material into another. As natural scientists continue to learn more about the transformation of materials from one form to another with the aid of energy, energy will be even more important."
— Julian Simon (1932-1998)

"In 1859 the human race discovered a huge treasure chest in its basement. This was oil and gas, a fantastically cheap and easily available source of energy. We did, or at least some of us did, what anybody does who discovers a treasure in the basement - live it up, and we have been spending this treasure with great enjoyment."
—Kenneth E. Boulding (1910-1993)

"The life contest is primarily a competition for available energy."
― Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906)

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