exosomatic

Once wealth becomes based on exosomatic energy, the measure of man moves from his genes to his bank accounts, from his blood to his wallet, from what he is to what he owns.

Rationalized Irrationality « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

Conflict over niches is the rule in nature, and mankind holds off nature's rules only by the continuous and rapid burning of exosomatic energy, mainly fossil fuels.

What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

The most serious part of the harm that war does is, again, the result of the misuse of exosomatic energy resources.

What a Bunch of Apes! « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009

In exosomatic energy terms, oil is then far more important than biomass.

Herman Daly Festschrift~ Socially Sustainable Economic Degrowth 2009

Man has not deviated one bit from the law of the jungle; if anything, he has made it even more merciless by his sophisticated exosomatic instruments.

Energy and economic myths (historical) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 2007

The exosomatic evolution brought down upon the human species two fundamental and irrevocable changes.

Energy and economic myths (historical) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 2007

Some species have in fact been brought to the brink of extinction merely because of man's exosomatic needs or his craving for the extravagant.

Energy and economic myths (historical) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 2007

It would be foolish to propose a complete renunciation of the industrial comfort of the exosomatic evolution.

Energy and economic myths (historical) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 2007

Man alone, because of his exosomatic addiction, depends on mineral resources as well.

Energy and economic myths (historical) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 2007

The second change is man's addiction to exosomatic instruments – a phenomenon analogous to that of the flying fish which became addicted to the atmosphere and mutated into birds forever.

Energy and economic myths (historical) Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 2007