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name: paper-odum-h-t-1971-environment-power-and-society
description: Apply the Odum 1971: Energy Circuits, Maximum Power, and Hierarchical Flows article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
---

# Odum 1971: Energy Circuits, Maximum Power, and Hierarchical Flows

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-odum-h-t-1971-environment-power-and-society). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-odum-h-t-1971-environment-power-and-society.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-odum-h-t-1971-environment-power-and-society/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the work establishes Howard T. Odum's 1971 book Environment, Power, and Society maps ecosystems and human societies as networks of energy flows. It introduces an energy circuit language based on electrical analogies. The language repre

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-odum-h-t-1971-environment-power-and-society
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-odum-h-t-1971-environment-power-and-society
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-odum-h-t-1971-environment-power-and-society/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-odum-h-t-1971-environment-power-and-society/revisions
