Very Good Question...What About...
Keep raising the mass to the point in space between the Sun and Earth where the gravitational fields are in balance and there is no force in either direction.
Now it took work to raise the mass to this point, however it does not possesses any potential...
Bull
Who's practicing 'Cranky Pseudoscience' ? That is a blatant false accusation and a personal attack.
Show me ONE FALSE statement I made.
But, I do get the message loud and clear from the fact you practice 'consensus physics' and I will not post anymore.
Not QUITE
I understand perfectly well how there are always losses...oops, even that isn't true...a superconducting wire will circulate the current essentially indefinitely...a PPM, since electrons have mass.
I think your confusion, if you have any, stems from the fact that you do not make...
Its the definitions and extrapolations
What I am pointing out is ---> the conclusion that the laws of thermodynamics preclude the existence of a PPM is invalid because the laws (as spefically written) do not account for the existence of either gravity or quantum fluctuations.
You...
Entropy .vs Energy
Here is the key point I'm trying to understand.
The Laws of Thermodynamics are most often cited as the reason that a 'perpetual motion machine' (PPM) cannot be created, but at the same time the laws are predicated on the 'closed' and 'isolated' terms used to 'qualify'...
Closed, Isolated...Neither Actually Exists
From Wiki...
CLOSED SYSTEM
A closed system is a system in the state of being isolated from its surrounding environment. It is often used to refer to a theoretical scenario where perfect closure is an assumption, however in practice no system can be...
So, Higher Entropy = MORE Energetic, in this case
I've always understood the Laws of Thermodynamics to mean that a 'closed system', (in this case the dust clouds) could not self-assemble itself into a 'more energetic' system'. In other words, I equated increased entropy with decreased energy...
Example of 'Uphill Energy Flow'
Thanks cesiumfrog, however, I would like someone to address the 'uphill flow of energy' that is demonstrated by star formation from dust clouds under the force of gravity (or curved space if you prefer).
It should be clear that the system has gone from one...
I'm trying to understand why the formation of a new star from the surrounding space/dust does not violate the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.
From Wiki...2nd Law of Thermodynamics...states that the total entropy of any isolated thermodynamic system tends to increase over time, approaching a...
Thank you for the thorough explanation. Can I conclude that the same 'dangers' of the cheap sunglasses would also apply to these glasses or do you think they block UV ?
I live in Seattle and bought some of those tinted yellow glasses and they really seem to brighten up my view, almost as if more light is reaching my eyes.
I've read other people who say the same thing, so I know it just isn't my perception.
I am quite curious, can anyone explain the...
Hey, can anyone shed any light on the significance of:
E=mc^2 and E=hv so mc^2=hv or m=(h/c^2)v (using v as frequency)
So mass = a constant (h/c^2) * frequency
What does it mean practically that a mass is equivalent to a frequency ?