Before revision: This is effectively because disciplines such as economics failed to recognize the thermodynamic inputs into the economy (now recognized as thermoeconomics), while disciplines such as physics and engineering were unable to address the either the economic impacts of human activity, nor the impacts of thermodynamic flows in biological ecosystems.
After revision: This is effectively because disciplines such as economics failed to recognize thermodynamic inputs into the economy (now recognized as thermoeconomics), while disciplines such as physics and engineering were unable to address the either the economic impacts of human activity, nor the impacts of thermodynamic flows in biological ecosystems.