2nd law of thermo dynamic related to pollution**PLEASE PLEASE HELP***?

Question

I need to do an assingment on the second law of thermodynamics related to polution. i need to provide arguments for and against the following statement: "the second law of thermodynamics makes pollution an inevitable result of human activity. There's nothing we can do about it". if you know any links i can check out please let me know....

The second law of thermodynamic basically states that AS we creat order at a local level (building a home), we inadvertently create a greator amount of disorder in our suroundings (fumes, garbage ect)
. All changes either directly or indirectly increase the entropy of the universe mathematicaly
. Entropy= measure of disocder of the system

Answer 1

You are looking at the second law ONLY having to do with a vague definition of entropy.

"Entropy" means many things. I learned entropy from a physics and chemistry standpoint (heat and temperature). In other words, entropy as heat added to an equation. There is an equation: (delta)S=Q/T, where the change in entropy is equal to a point "T" where heat (Q) is absorbed. Another definition simply says, "Entropy always increases." Wow, that sounds pretty vague, and almost philosophical, not something from physics.

Pollution is not an inevitable result of human activity, but is the result of poor resource utilization (coal is not as efficient as say, natural gas, and generates more pollution BUT it is cheaper which is why it is used). Our air is cleaner than say, 30 years ago, yet the United States has 50% more people. Shouldn't we be dirtier? I remember days where we were told to stay inside due to the air quality or to boil water. You don't see that very often today, yet there are 100 million more people here. Our cars are more efficient, as is our industry.

On the other hand, China has cheap labor and cheap (dirty) energy. They just aren't very efficient because they don't have to be.

Oh, here's a web link to entropy and the second law.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/seclaw.html

Answer 2

The 2nd law has nothing what ever to do with polution of any kind. The polution is caused by poor engineering not laws. If there was any good engineering being practiced on the planet the problems related to energy would not exist.

Answer 3

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