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soereiies in chaos or sysrems in disorder Today
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superhighways and over-panes in Masaaehuseiis alone
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need some «)0 billion dollar. io repair, and ihe
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eullaprrng rewer sysierns oi London and New York
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some in unions. Neiiner Masazhmr London, nor
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New liorlr can raise rhis money, which shows ihai an
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unlhinki‘lls hasrorreai developmeni smegy ran cripple
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o iuiure soereiy Today-s luxuries are knmurmw‘s
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disasiers.
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Wm
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Any syslunl or organism can Imam onlyihaiouamny
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ullmmmlchunmumwuammAny
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moored iriool beyond lhai poinuhmws ihe sysiom oi
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orpsrruhinlodisordnrimwolynlzmsmioeha
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ioim oi chronic polIIAKIm
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Bolll in over- and undersuppiy oi resoureos have
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much ihe same em eroepi ihai oversupply has more
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groiesoue results in liie symlls mm undersuppiy. To .
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degiee, undersuppiy an be eoped wrih by Minced
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growih and a wider spasirrg or dispersal olorgamm,
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huloyersuppiyoia resauree ean cause iniiaied growth,
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crowding, snd sociopaihy in serial organisms. in
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people, boih gross uyere and under-nurriiior. are
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common» :ihreal resoune managerneni is needed io
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oalairse our ihe paihologies oi ianrlne and obesriy.
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1.5
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YIELDS
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Yreids an be ihooghr oi in irnrnediare, palpable, and
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mnieriai ways, and arei iy wily measured as
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l. PRODUCT YIELD: The sum oi priinary and
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derived produeii available iron, or surplus ro, iire
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sysiein Some oi ihese are inu'iluir ior preeede duly),
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oihers are eieaied by design.
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2 ENEch YIELD' The suirr oi eonserved, siored.
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and generaied energy surplus io ihe aysoerri again ham
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uriiinsie and ihose ereaied by design.
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Impalpmble yields are rhose reiaied io healrh and
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nubirion, seorriry, and a sarisimory sodal ooniein and
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iriesiyie Niri surprisingly, ii is ihe ieareh ior iheae
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invisible yields ihar ml oiien dnyes people in seek
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good design or io ialre up hie on ihe land, ior “le
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does ii oenefii a man r: he gains ihe whole world and
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Inns his souii- Thus, we see ihe invrsibie yields in
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ierans nlvlln: and (Huge This goyenrs our eoneepi oi
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needs and seis ihe iuniis oi "almigh‘, Here, we see an
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eihroiibasrs ara viul eomponenioiyieiol.
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Al||wu5h all sysiems have a naiurai or base yield
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depending on iheir produeirvriy, our eonsern in
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perm-whine is ihai ihis esseniiai bare yield is
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susrrirrabie. Sever-i iaeuirs now openie lo reduoe ihe
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yield oi natural sysiems. lu ihe simplesi iorm, ihis rs
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ihe overuse oi energy in degeneraiiye iyaiems due ro
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ihe uanse aypflulion oi iossii iuel energy, "Pmmnlng
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by unproduerave nae" rs observable and Widespread
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Thus we musr eoneenrrsie on produeirye use, whieh
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implies ihai ihe energy used is ruined inro biologxal
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growiir and held as basis iryrng maienai in the global
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eeosysrem Unused, wasred, or irivoiousiy used
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resources are energies running wild, which ereaies
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ehaos, desieoya basir resourees, end eyeniuaiiy
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sooirsius ail yield or surplus
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in design m5, we on. rind yields iroor ihese living
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popularrons or resourpes whirh are ihe sioeio oi ihe
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biologisi iihe so-ralled sian ' g errrpl or lrorn
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none ying aysiems sueh as ihe eiimaiie eiemenis,
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chemical energy, and mlchine ieehnoiogy. There is
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energy siored by exiinei liie as seal, on, and gas;
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energy ieii over irom ihe ionnauori oi ihe eanh as
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geoiiierrnai energy; iidesi and eleeirornagnerie nnd
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grayiiaironai lmca,CoIiIllculd solar energies impinge
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on ihe esnh, 2nd liie inoereepis ehese iiowa in male
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rheur available ior liie iorun.
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in our small pan oi ihe sysiem (ihe design siiei our
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wark is io m, dim, eonserye, and sonven io useiui
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ior-rrrs ihose energies ihaieaui on, or pass ihrough, ihe
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siie The ioiai suan at our siraiegy, in rerurs oi surplus
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energy useiully siored, is ihe sysierrr yreii oi drsigri
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Syslom yield is m rum Mal oi surplus energy
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plodooed by, siorori. conserved. mused. ul rammed
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by me design. snowy is in surplus onoo ihe sysism
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lisen his lv-Ilabll all is noodsiorgrosnh.
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Wufllorl, 1M marnienanoo
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Some biologisis may deiine yreid or produslion in
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more narrow ierrns, aeeepimg ihai a ioresi, lake, or
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crop has a irnrie upper lirnii oi surplus due to suosrraie
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eondillens and ryiiiable energy We do nor hnye io
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Acre-pt ihis, as ii is a passive approrrh. inapplieable ro
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zckiv: and eonseious design or icliv: managemeni
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using, ior example, ieniliaers, windbreaks, or seieeied
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spedess
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Even more narrowly deirned is ihe yield oi
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agrieuiiurai eeononusrs, who regard a single produei
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ipeaehes/irai as ihe yield ll may be Ihisapvpmuh ioeli
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iiseii whreh is she one iimii iii yre
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A true aeeouniing oi yield lakes inin eonsideraiion
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boih upsrream eusis ienerpyi and downsireaur eesis
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(hullhl The 'prmduu yield" IIuy ereaie problems oi
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poiiuirein and soil mineral loss, and eosi more thn ii
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esn repiase
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The very eonrepi oi surplus yield supposes eiiher
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ilriw ehrough or groweh wiihin one syimn Coal and
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rock do rroi have yield in ehis sense; ihey have a hnire
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or limried produei On|y lite and How ean yield
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ponirnuaiiy, or as long as ihey persrsr 'flius no energy
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sioels oi any aysiem are ihe ilows and lives wiihrn )L
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The ilow may exisi wiflmui iiie ins on ihe moon),
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where only ieehnoiogy oar. irriervene lo omain a yield,
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but on esnh ar ieasr, irle is ihe mkrvcnin‘ siraiegy ior
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eapiuring ilow and pmudng yield And reehneriogy
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depends on ihe eoniinuaiiorr oi hie, noi ihe opposire
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