Re: Distribution & Redistribution

From: William C Colley (chriscoll_at_panola.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: 23 Nov 2004 16:16:53 -0800

Greetings All,

"robert j. kolker" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:<30h5a2F30hc1qU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> William C Colley wrote:
>
> >
> > Incorrect, as that which is already moving is the propulsion system.
> > Even by using what nature gives us there is always a net loss of
> > energy which cannot be used to do useful work. Entropy makes the world
> > run down.
>
> Actually, energy is conserved in all interactions BUT the loss of free
> energy, the kind that can do useful mechanical work is one way. Entropy
> increases. So the total energy of the universe remains constant, but the
> amount of energy capable of doing mechanical work is constantly
> decreasing. It is hot energy being made into leukwarm energy. In the
> long run the universe will all be at the same temperature. It is the end
> of life and action as we conceive it.
>

The three laws of themogodamics, you can't win, you can't break even,
you can't quit the game.

Or, "The Universe: Starts Hot, Runs Warm, Ends Cold."

William C Colley

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