Everyday, thousands of open and closed life systems are at work creating energy in many different forms. From less complex systems like a flower, to the system of the human body, all systems have a purpose and all have inputs, outputs, and varying feedback loops. One system that may not usually be examined through inputs, outputs, and feedback loops, is the system of an automobile. Although cars are not nearly as complex as other systems, they are still a perfect example of a closed system that takes a form of matter, turns it into energy and through that energy creates low quality heat and low quality waste. It's not a new idea to anyone that a car takes in gas, creates power, and then gives off waste in the form of exhaust. It is a new idea however, to look at how this system relates to other life systems. It is important to look at how the closed system of an automobile works and to identify the positive and negative aspects of this system.
As a vehicle is filled with gasoline or diesel fuel, its energy reservoir is pumped full of a flui
It has been known for decades that automobiles harm the environment in several ways because of the negative feedback loops that cars create. Feedback loops are the way many systems survive; one life form creates something useful for another and many different organisms then rely on each other and create a very efficient environment. These positive feedback loops use matter and energy to their fullest and have a much lower waste level than a car. Nothing (other than humans) relies on the use of cars in order to live and the energy waste from cars is useless and damaging to the environment. This means that cars have negative feedback loops and almost no feedback loop at all. This man made system does not work in conjunction with the environment and does nothing to benefit it. Future systems need to be created with the world in mind and should work off of other systems and benefit other systems as well. Looking at a car in this manner also makes it simple to view how other closed systems work. It shows that closed systems are not very efficient and do not benefit anything
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