[hellbender]

Hmm. I don't have time on my ultra-slow ISP to research the exact definitions, unfortunately. A cursory check seems to indicate varying definitions. Anyway, according to Wikipedia (yes, I know about the weakness of Wikipedia), the 2nd Law applies only to isolated systems. So I may have used the wrong term, but I think I was correct that the 2nd Law does not apply to life on earth.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

the 2nd Law applies only to isolated systems. So I may have used the wrong term, but I think I was correct that the 2nd Law does not apply to life on earth.

If it were true that the second law did not apply to closed or open systems, then you could build a closed or open system perpetual motion machine of the second kind. But you cannot do so, because the second law applies to all systems.