tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post7040145347338653194..comments2024-03-27T17:10:55.396-05:00Comments on Johnday's Blog: Economics In PracticeJohn Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-45708145580669510542022-11-07T13:53:18.853-06:002022-11-07T13:53:18.853-06:00I read that thre were 2 American ecological brothe...I read that thre were 2 American ecological brothers named Odum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Odum#:~:text=Eugene%20Pleasants%20Odum%20(September%2017,is%20named%20in%20his%20honor.<br />Photosynthetic ceiling is also a useful construct. So much sunlight falls in an area in a year and it can only do so much photosynthesis (Amazon rain-forest) or photovoltaic electrical generation. There are a lot of calculable outer-limits in our world.John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-16864284553515389422022-11-07T13:33:45.159-06:002022-11-07T13:33:45.159-06:00Rosnay viewed economics as the study of energy sur...Rosnay viewed economics as the study of energy surrogates, ultimately solar-derived, in his book, Macroscope, translated from French, out of print but available on the Internet. He got the idea from an American ecologist named Odum.<br /><br />I enjoy reading your digests.Albertdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182722773904083484noreply@blogger.com