Entropy and Biological Systems (1981)
In biological systems ... we see the constant exhaustion of old potential and the recreation of new. Every fertilized egg contains the potential for the organism that it can produce. If the environment is favorable in terms of energy and materials, the genetic information in the process proceeds, however, this potential is gradually exhausted until the organism finally ages and dies. This is an example of the generalized second law.
"Economics of Energy and Entropy," Evolutionary Economics, Sage, 1981, p. 149.
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