¥Your canÕt get something for nothing, or there is not such thing as a free
lunch (first law of
thermodynamics).
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¥If you think things are mixed up now
just wait, or you canÕt even break even (second law of thermodynamic, energy
degradation Òup and alongÓ the food web ).
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¥Everything must go somewhere, or there
is not away (law of conservation of matter,
biological magnification??).
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¥Everything is connected to everything, but how?
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¥In most cases the greater the diversity of a system the greater its
stability.
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¥Nature frequently but not always ÒknowsÓ best.
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¥Up to a point the bigger the better;
beyond that point, the bigger the worse (negative externalities, negative Òemergent
properties,Ó threshold effects)
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¥Existence of non-linear and threshold effects