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Is not time and energy also part of the resource equation. Anyone wish to define an absolute equation to characterize a resource as it moves through time and space. Stefan Goessling wrote: > Hello Mark (and others), > > thanks for your replies. > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Mark Burch wrote: > > |How about: > |A resource is something that is lower in entropy relative to the user. > |************************************************************* > > Well, that is probably too vague. A forest has probably a higher entropy > than me, still I would call it a resource. Maybe you mean specific > entropy? Still, even then is this definition difficult to quantify. > For now, I have decided to use a quite general definition, that is also > applicable to non-human living systems: > > ``Resources are the physical components of the environment that can > sustain or benefit living systems'' > > It's kind of a least common denominator of all the different definitions I > have found so far, ranging from economics to ecology and physical resource > theory. Of course, it excludes humans and other living systems, but as I > said: the least common denominator. > > Best regards, Stefan > > | > |> Hello list members, > |> > |> working on my PhD about entropy production and resource use, I have come > |> across the difficulty of adequately defining the term 'resource'. What > |> exactly do you understand by that term? Where would you look up a precise > |> definition? > |> > |> I would be very pleased if someone could point me to a good source of > |> information on this topic, especially physical resources and/or natural > |> resources. Online or printed sources welcome. > |> > |> Thanks in advance and best regards, > |> Stefan Goessling > |>