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In 11 short pages Boulding gave an account of the economy and its relation to the environment that distinguished between open and closed systems in relation to matter, energy, and information; described the economy as a sub-system of the biosphere; considered the significance of the second law of thermodynamics for energy, matter and information and the extent to which they are subject to entropic processes; argued that knowledge or information is the key to economic development; noted that fossil fuels are a short-term exhaustible supplement to solar energy and that fission energy does not change this picture; considered the prospects for much better use of solar energy enhanced perhaps by the biological revolution; argued that human welfare may be better understood as a stock rather than a flow; presented an ethical basis for conservation; acknowledged that human impacts on the environment have spread from the local to the global; observed the limited contribution that corrective taxation might play; and commented that technological change has become distorted through planned obsolescence, competitive advertising, poor quality, and a lack of durability.

Herman Daly Festschrift~ Herman Daly and the Steady State Economy 2009

In a case brought by the U.S., the European Union and Mexico, WTO judges disagreed with China's contention that its restrictions on exports of a variety of raw materials—including coke and bauxite—are necessary to protect human health or conserve exhaustible natural resources.

A Rare-Earths Showdown Looms James Bacchus 2011

And just as winning the space race was essential to our national security, so too is winning the race to reduce our consumption of exhaustible energy sources.

Rick Fedrizzi: Green Building Wins the Future Rick Fedrizzi 2011

And just as winning the space race was essential to our national security, so too is winning the race to reduce our consumption of exhaustible energy sources.

Rick Fedrizzi: Green Building Wins the Future Rick Fedrizzi 2011

Unlike IP, works of craft are both _exhaustible_ and _rivalrous_.

Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The oil rig companies use one layered tanks that are unsafe for transporting liquid murder through our exhaustible oceanic environment.

Oceanic Series | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

Of course, I have had the world of the internet at my fingertips, and with that the in-exhaustible lists of "copycat" recipe sites out there.

Archive 2009-01-01 Sarah 2009

It's certainly not exhaustible ... in fact quite the opposite.

Tax Cuts for the Rich, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Of course, I have had the world of the internet at my fingertips, and with that the in-exhaustible lists of "copycat" recipe sites out there.

Steak(less)house Sarah 2009

The model you describe is the Hotelling theory of exhaustible resources.

A Glimmer of Hope on Oil, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009