Star Parasites: Carbon-Based Life and the Future of the Universe

By Ugo Bardi, The Seneca Effect

Nowadays, we are obsessed with the idea that we need to "produce energy." That is, of course, a wrong way to express the concept.

The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics – The Gaping Hole in the Middle of the Circular Economy

By Paul Mobbs

The 'circular economy' is, in my opinion, a ruse to make affluent consumers feel that they can keep consuming without the need to change their habits. Nothing could be further from the truth, and the central reason for that is the necessity for energy to power economic activity.

Elusive Entropy

By Tom Murphy, Do the Math

We’ve all heard it. We think we understand it: entropy is a measure of disorder. Combined with the Second Law of Thermodynamics—that the total entropy of a closed system may never decrease—it seems we have a profound statement that the Universe is destined to become less ordered.

Life, energy, the universe and everything

By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

In Douglas Adams' science fiction series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a computer dubbed Deep Thought discovers the "answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything." Here I ponder the answer to the slightly expanded question of life, energy, the universe, and everything.