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