Title: Energy, entropy and sustainable development

Authors: Andre Maisseu, Alfred Voss

Addresses: University of Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France; President of TEN COGEMA - BR/DT, 2, rue Paul Dautier, 78141 Velizy Cedex, France. ' University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring, 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Abstract: The real answer to the sustainable development challenge is in the application of the thermodynamics laws, on their Prigogine interpretation in the economy and in greater use of Erkenntnis (know-how + knowledge), the forgotten factor of production, which is the only way to reverse the run to collapse of the world economy.

Keywords: anti-equilibrium; closed systems; open systems; entropy; gestaleconomy; nonreversible processes; nuclear energy; stability; sustainable development; sustainability; nuclear power; thermodynamics laws.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1995.063497

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1995 Vol.8 No.1/2/3, pp.201-220

Published online: 15 Jul 2014 *

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