Inversión energética en la evolución de agregados poblacionales.

Abstract

In order to research biological and thermodynamic factors of energy consumption in human populations, this study measured relation between energy consumption per capita and biological index, population and gross national product per capita (economic index). Also it measured relation between electricity consumption per capita with population of cities and towns. Pearson's parametric correlation coefficients and Spearman's nonparametric correlation coefficients have been made, as well as linear analysis and plot. Biological and economic parameters were correlated with energy consumption per capita of countries. Cities and towns showed nonlinear correlation between this parameters. We propose that Biothermodynamic is very important to research biosociological factors and we also propose a new hypothesis resulting from a combination of the thermodynamic and optimization principles. This new hypothesis could explain the energetic of human societies.