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Essay Archive - Energy Flow Systems
Energy Flow Systems
Richard White's Organic Machine, and William Cronon's Changes in the
Land, both examine environments as energy flow systems. The energy flow model
was utilized by the authors to explain relationships within ecosystems.
Richard White's thesis is to examine the river as an organic machine, as
an energy system that, although modified by human intervention, maintains it's
natural, its “unmade” qualities. White emphasizes on energy because it is a
useful concept that can be easily understood. He says, “the flow of the river
is energy, so is the electricity that comes from the dams that block that flow....
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