Paltridge, Garth2010-09-232010-12-202010-09-232010-12-20Entropy 11 (2009): 945-9481099-4300http://hdl.handle.net/10440/1111http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/1111The principle of maximum entropy production (MEP) is the subject of considerable academic study, but has yet to become remarkable for its practical applications. A tale is told of an instance in which a spin-off from consideration of an MEP-constrained climate model at least led to re-consideration of the very practical issue of water-vapour feedback in climate change. Further, and on a more-or-less unrelated matter, a recommendation is made for further research on whether there might exist a general "rule" whereby, for certain classes of complex non-linear systems, a state of maximum entropy production is equivalent to a state of minimum entropy.4 pageshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php "Author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing), … [and] post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) … [and] publisher's version/PDF … Published source must be acknowledged Creative Commons Attribution License" - from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 01/03/10)maximum entropy productionminimum entropywater vapour feedback2009-11-3010.3390/e110409452015-12-10