Die Gesetze der Thermodynamik

.. The laws of ther­mo­dy­na­mics gover­ning the trick­le-char­ge and rapid dischar­ge of the earth’s bat­tery are uni­ver­sal and abso­lu­te; the earth is only tem­po­r­a­ri­ly poi­sed a quan­ti­fia­ble distance from the ther­mo­dy­na­mic equi­li­bri­um of outer space. Alt­hough this distance from equi­li­bri­um is com­pri­sed of all ener­gy types, most cri­ti­cal for humans is the store of living biomass .. 

[Quel­le:
Human domi­na­ti­on of the bio­sphe­re:
Rapid dischar­ge of the earth-space bat­tery fore­tells the future of humankind
John R. Schram­ski, David K. Gat­tie, and James H. Brown,
(Col­lege of Engi­nee­ring, Uni­ver­si­ty of Geor­gia, Athens, GA 30602;
Depart­ment of Bio­lo­gy, Uni­ver­si­ty of New Mexi­co, Albu­quer­que, NM 87131]