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Someone whose name escapes me has argued that this is why living systems exist - the universe tends towards maximum entropy, and we're the most efficient way of getting there. Let's see how much energy we can waste today!
There's a few of us. My pages on the topic:
http://originoflife.net/gods_utility_function/ http://originoflife.net/bright_light/
See also:
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Life/Signed_Articles/John_Whitfield
The main recent breakthrough of our understanding in this areas is down to Dewar - and the basic idea goes back at least to Lotka, from 1922.