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Charles A. S. Hall

January 01, 1970

Charles A. S. Hall (born 1943) is an American systems ecologist and ESF Foundation Distinguished Professor at State University of New York in the College of Environmental Science & Forestry.

Charles A. S. Hall
Born
Charles Addison Scott Hall

1943 (age 80–81)
Hingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColgate University
Pennsylvania State University
University of North Carolina
Known forwork on Peak Oil
SpouseMyrna Hall
Scientific career
FieldsEcology

Biography edit

Hall was born near Boston, and received a B.A. in biology from Colgate University, and an M.A. from Penn State University. He trained as systems ecologist by Howard Odum at the University of North Carolina, where he received a PhD.

Since then he has had a diverse career at Brookhaven Laboratory, The Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Cornell University, University of Montana and, for the last 20 years, at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF).

Hall, professor of systems ecology at SUNY-ESF teaches a freshman course called The Global Environment and the Evolution of Human Culture and graduate-level courses in Systems Ecology, Ecosystems, Energy systems, Tropical Development and Biophysical Economics.[1]

Hall retired from full-time teaching in June 2012,[2] and he now works to consolidate his life work into a format that will continue to be useful for future research.[3]

Work edit

Hall's research interests are in the field of Systems ecology with strong interests in biophysical economics, and the relation of energy to society. His work has involved streams, estuaries and tropical forests but focused increasingly on human-dominated ecosystems in the US and Latin America. His research reflects his interest in understanding and developing analyses and computer simulation models of the complex systems of nature and humans and their interactions. Halls focus has been on energy as it relates to economics and environment. His focus is studying material and energy flows referred to as Industrial ecology, and applying this perspective, to attempting to understand human economies from a biophysical rather than just social perspective.

Systems ecology edit

Hall, and other biophysical economic thinkers are trained in ecology and evolutionary biology, fields that break down the natural world as done also by physicists. These views hold the global economy in a different perspective that mainstream economists do not share. Central to Halls argument is an understanding that the survival of all living creatures is limited by the concept of energy return on investment (EROEI): that any living thing or living societies can survive only so long as they are capable of getting more net energy from any activity than they expend during the performance of that activity.[4]

Biophysical economics edit

"Energy used by the economy is a proxy of the amount of real work done in our economy," according to Charles A. Hall. In the 1980s, Hall and others hypothesised, "Over time, the Dow Jones should snake about the real amount of work." Twenty years later, a century's market and energy data shows that whenever the Dow Jones Industrial Average spikes faster than US energy consumption, it crashes: 1929, 1970s, the dot.com bubble, and now with the mortgage collapse.[5]

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (a Romanian-born economist whose work in the 1970s began to define this new approach) models the economy as a living system. Like all life, it draws from its environment valuable (or “low entropy”) matter and energy, for animate life, food; for an economy, energy, ores, the raw materials provided by plants and animals. And like all life, an economy emits a high-entropy wake, it spews degraded matter and energy, that is... waste heat, waste gases, toxic byproducts, the molecules of iron lost to rust and abrasion. Low entropy emissions include trash and pollution in all their forms. Matter taken up into the economy can be recycled, using energy; but energy, used once, is forever unavailable to us at that level again. The law of entropy commands a one-way flow downward from more to less useful forms. Thus, Georgescu-Roegen, paraphrasing the economist Alfred Marshall, said: “Biology, not mechanics, is our Mecca.”[6]

Books edit

  • 1977 : Hall, C.A.S. and J.W. Day (eds.) Ecosystem modeling in theory and practice. An introduction with case histories. Wiley Interscience, NY.
  • 1986: Hall, C.A.S., C.J. Cleveland and R. Kaufmann. Energy and Resource Quality: The ecology of the economic process. Wiley Interscience, NY. 577 pp. (Second Edition. University Press of Colorado).
  • 1989 Day, J.W., C.A.S. Hall, M. Kemp and A. Yanez-Arenciba. 1989. Estuarine Ecology. Wiley Interscience. New York. 558 pp.
  • 1989 Hall, C.A.S. Maximum power: the ideas and applications of H.T. Odum. University Press of Colorado.
  • 2000 Hall, C.A.S. Quantifying sustainable development: The future of tropical Economies. Academic Press, San Diego.
  • 2007 LeClerc, G. and C.A.S. Hall. (eds) Making World Development Work: Scientific alternatives to neoclassical economic theory. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 2007.
  • 2012 : Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution: The energy return on investment with Pedro Prieto (Springer)
  • 2012 : The Chinese Oil Industry: History and Future with Lianyong Feng, Yan Hu and Jianliang Wang (Springer)
  • 2012 : The First Half of the Age of Oil: An Exploration of the Work of Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère with Carlos Ramírez-Pascualli (Springer)
  • 2012 : Energy and the Wealth of Nations: Understanding the Biophysical Economy with Kent A. Klitgaard (Springer)
  • 2013 : Hall, Charles and Hanson, Doug.New Studies on EROI. Consolidation of papers published in Sustainabilities in 2011 MDPI Basil.
  • 2016 : America's Most Sustainable Cities and Regions: Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends with Day, John W. (Springer)
  • 2017 : Energy Return on Investment: A unifying principle for biology, Economics and sustainability (Springer)
  • 2018 : Energy and the Wealth of Nations: An introduction to BioPhysical Economics (2nd Edition) with Kent A. Klitgaard (Springer)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ http://web.mac.com/biophysicalecon/iWeb/Site/About%20Me.html 2009-11-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November-3-09
  2. ^ http://www.esf.edu/efb/hall/CV_2014_a.pdf 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April-12-16
  3. ^ http://www.esf.edu/EFB/hall/ 2021-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April-12-16
  4. ^ Gronewold, Nathanial (October 23, 2009). "New School of Thought Brings Energy to 'the Dismal Science'". New York Times. Greenwire.
  5. ^ Weyler, Rex (January 2009). . Greenpeace.org. Greenpeace International. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009.
  6. ^ Zencey, Eric (12 April 2009). "Opinion - Mr. Soddy's Ecological Economy". The New York Times.

External links edit

  • C.A.S.Hall's website at State University of New York 2021-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  • The EROEI Institute
  • Hall's ongoing and archived work [2]

January 01, 1970
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This article reads like a press release or a news article and may be largely based on routine coverage Please help improve this article and add independent sources April 2019 Charles A S Hall born 1943 is an American systems ecologist and ESF Foundation Distinguished Professor at State University of New York in the College of Environmental Science amp Forestry Charles A S HallBornCharles Addison Scott Hall1943 age 80 81 Hingham Massachusetts U S NationalityAmericanAlma materColgate UniversityPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of North CarolinaKnown forwork on Peak OilSpouseMyrna HallScientific careerFieldsEcology Contents 1 Biography 2 Work 2 1 Systems ecology 2 2 Biophysical economics 3 Books 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksBiography editHall was born near Boston and received a B A in biology from Colgate University and an M A from Penn State University He trained as systems ecologist by Howard Odum at the University of North Carolina where he received a PhD Since then he has had a diverse career at Brookhaven Laboratory The Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole Cornell University University of Montana and for the last 20 years at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry SUNY ESF Hall professor of systems ecology at SUNY ESF teaches a freshman course called The Global Environment and the Evolution of Human Culture and graduate level courses in Systems Ecology Ecosystems Energy systems Tropical Development and Biophysical Economics 1 Hall retired from full time teaching in June 2012 2 and he now works to consolidate his life work into a format that will continue to be useful for future research 3 Work editHall s research interests are in the field of Systems ecology with strong interests in biophysical economics and the relation of energy to society His work has involved streams estuaries and tropical forests but focused increasingly on human dominated ecosystems in the US and Latin America His research reflects his interest in understanding and developing analyses and computer simulation models of the complex systems of nature and humans and their interactions Halls focus has been on energy as it relates to economics and environment His focus is studying material and energy flows referred to as Industrial ecology and applying this perspective to attempting to understand human economies from a biophysical rather than just social perspective Systems ecology edit Hall and other biophysical economic thinkers are trained in ecology and evolutionary biology fields that break down the natural world as done also by physicists These views hold the global economy in a different perspective that mainstream economists do not share Central to Halls argument is an understanding that the survival of all living creatures is limited by the concept of energy return on investment EROEI that any living thing or living societies can survive only so long as they are capable of getting more net energy from any activity than they expend during the performance of that activity 4 Biophysical economics edit Energy used by the economy is a proxy of the amount of real work done in our economy according to Charles A Hall In the 1980s Hall and others hypothesised Over time the Dow Jones should snake about the real amount of work Twenty years later a century s market and energy data shows that whenever the Dow Jones Industrial Average spikes faster than US energy consumption it crashes 1929 1970s the dot com bubble and now with the mortgage collapse 5 Nicholas Georgescu Roegen a Romanian born economist whose work in the 1970s began to define this new approach models the economy as a living system Like all life it draws from its environment valuable or low entropy matter and energy for animate life food for an economy energy ores the raw materials provided by plants and animals And like all life an economy emits a high entropy wake it spews degraded matter and energy that is waste heat waste gases toxic byproducts the molecules of iron lost to rust and abrasion Low entropy emissions include trash and pollution in all their forms Matter taken up into the economy can be recycled using energy but energy used once is forever unavailable to us at that level again The law of entropy commands a one way flow downward from more to less useful forms Thus Georgescu Roegen paraphrasing the economist Alfred Marshall said Biology not mechanics is our Mecca 6 Books edit1977 Hall C A S and J W Day eds Ecosystem modeling in theory and practice An introduction with case histories Wiley Interscience NY 1986 Hall C A S C J Cleveland and R Kaufmann Energy and Resource Quality The ecology of the economic process Wiley Interscience NY 577 pp Second Edition University Press of Colorado 1989 Day J W C A S Hall M Kemp and A Yanez Arenciba 1989 Estuarine Ecology Wiley Interscience New York 558 pp 1989 Hall C A S Maximum power the ideas and applications of H T Odum University Press of Colorado 2000 Hall C A S Quantifying sustainable development The future of tropical Economies Academic Press San Diego 2007 LeClerc G and C A S Hall eds Making World Development Work Scientific alternatives to neoclassical economic theory University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque 2007 2012 Spain s Photovoltaic Revolution The energy return on investment with Pedro Prieto Springer 2012 The Chinese Oil Industry History and Future with Lianyong Feng Yan Hu and Jianliang Wang Springer 2012 The First Half of the Age of Oil An Exploration of the Work of Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrere with Carlos Ramirez Pascualli Springer 2012 Energy and the Wealth of Nations Understanding the Biophysical Economy with Kent A Klitgaard Springer 2013 Hall Charles and Hanson Doug New Studies on EROI Consolidation of papers published in Sustainabilities in 2011 MDPI Basil 2016 America s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends with Day John W Springer 2017 Energy Return on Investment A unifying principle for biology Economics and sustainability Springer 2018 Energy and the Wealth of Nations An introduction to BioPhysical Economics 2nd Edition with Kent A Klitgaard Springer See also edit nbsp Systems science portal Systems ecology Energy quality Energy accounting Ecological economics Energy economics Industrial ecology Natural capital Econophysics Sustainability Environmental science ThermoeconomicsReferences edit http web mac com biophysicalecon iWeb Site About 20Me html Archived 2009 11 30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 3 09 http www esf edu efb hall CV 2014 a pdf Archived 2016 03 12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 12 16 http www esf edu EFB hall Archived 2021 03 09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 12 16 Gronewold Nathanial October 23 2009 New School of Thought Brings Energy to the Dismal Science New York Times Greenwire Weyler Rex January 2009 Deep Green Ecological Economics The Best New Idea for 2009 Greenpeace org Greenpeace International Archived from the original on 20 June 2009 Zencey Eric 12 April 2009 Opinion Mr Soddy s Ecological Economy The New York Times External links editC A S Hall s website at State University of New York Archived 2021 03 09 at the Wayback Machine The EROEI Institute 1 Hall s ongoing and archived work 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles A S Hall amp oldid 1186841414, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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