Entropy and the immutable law of death

2nd law does not apply to evolution

Combustion and decomposition are thermodynamic systems

combustion, a chemical process

thermodynamic system are characterized by...pressure and volume, magnetic field and magnetic dipole moment, etc.

A system can be anything, for example a piston, a solution in a test tube, a living organism, a planet, etc.

Evolution is not a thermodynamic system

It's true, evolution is not technically a system, it's a process like combustion or decomposition. I was trying to keep it simple.Let me rephrase, the process of evolution takes place in an open system that can be decreased in entropy.

Evolution [is]...not a process

A Process is a naturally occurring or designed sequence of changes of properties or attributes of an object or system

Evolution as a process

Evolution is a process

molecules break and form chemical bonds causing a net change in the total heat of the system

If combustion isn't thermodynamic, how do you explain the heat of the flame?

Why don't you think that process is thermodynamic?

A living organism doesn't evolve

I assure you living organism (systems) always does this.

molecules break and form chemical bonds causing a net change in the total heat of the system

you're not paying attention and not addressing my posts

To move an airplane or a model rocket through the air, we must use a propulsion system to generate thrust. Different types of aircraft use different types of propulsion devices, but all aircraft rely on some type of engine to generate power. Rocket engines, internal combustion, or piston engines, and jet engines all depend on the burning of fuel to produce power. Burning a fuel is called combustion, a chemical process that we study in middle or high school.Because combustion is so important for aircraft and rocket propulsion, we will review the fundamentals. Combustion is a chemical process in which a substance reacts rapidly with oxygen and gives off heat. The original substance is called the fuel, and the source of oxygen is called the oxidizer. The fuel can be a solid, liquid, or gas, although for airplane propulsion the fuel is usually a liquid. The oxidizer, likewise, could be a solid, liquid, or gas, but is usually a gas (air) for airplanes. For model rockets, a solid fuel and oxidizer is used.

Evolution as a process is composed of two parts:
1. An organism reproducing mechanism that provides variable organisms. Changes to the organism are largely random and effect future generations. They are made without regard to consequences to the organism.
2. A changing environment which screens organism changes. The environment provides stress on the variable organisms that selectively allows, through competition, certain changes to become dominant and certain others to be eliminated, without consideration for the future of the mechanism. That same process provides mechanism (organism) disintegration if a strong screening environment is not present. Evolution is a two-way process which does not always work to the long term advantage of the organism and in fact often becomes quite deadly to a given species and thereby eradicates it.The evolutionary process is bidirectional in its effect. It may, depending on the environment, either improve a given characteristic or decay it. Since the first step in the process is largely random and most organisms are quite complex, almost all of the variations are harmful. A characteristic of a species advances if the environment is harsh, since most harmful variations to that characteristic will be eliminated through death and suffering at a rapid rate, leaving only the inconsequential and helpful changes in the lineage. If the environment is benign with respect to the capability of the species then the harmful changes are not eliminated and the species will degenerate to a point of balance with the environment.

ev”o”lu”tion /‘vlu‘n or, especially Brit., ‘iv-/
-noun
1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
2. a product of such development; something evolved: The exploration of space is the evolution of decades of research.
3. Biology. change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by such processes as mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
4. a process of gradual, peaceful, progressive change or development, as in social or economic structure or institutions.
5. a motion incomplete in itself, but combining with coordinated motions to produce a single action, as in a machine.
6. a pattern formed by or as if by a series of movements: the evolutions of a figure skater.
7. an evolving or giving off of gas, heat, etc.
8. Mathematics. the extraction of a root from a quantity. Compare involution (def. 8).
9. a movement or one of a series of movements of troops, ships, etc., as for disposition in order of battle or in line on parade.
10. any similar movement, esp. in close order drill.

It depends upon the amount of energy available and the temperature at which the reaction takes place

A process happens to a system, not a process happens to a population of systems over time

H-O bond actually does break at room temperature, spontaneously, which is why pure water at 25 degrees C contains both hydronium ions (H₃O⁺) and hydroxide ions (OH^-)

Since when do you have gaseous hydrogen in water at room temperature?