Where Does Energy Go According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

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The discussion centers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which addresses the increase in entropy and the concept of energy loss. Participants clarify that while energy cannot be created or destroyed, its transformation leads to a loss of order. The conversation also touches on the origins of energy in the universe, suggesting that the total energy may sum to zero when considering negative energy fields. This highlights the complexity of energy conservation and transformation in thermodynamic processes.

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Second Law of Thermodynamics, the theory of the loss of engery. But how do we know that the engery does not infact go somewhere after?

The First Law of Thermodynamics, it says that energy can't be created or destroyed. I understand that energy can not be destroyed..which coinsides with my first question. So my next question is where does the energy come from in the first place?

I've always wondered this, so could anyone help me out?

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The second law of thermodynamics is about the loss of order (or increase in entropy), not energy.

As to where energy came from in the first place, I had always thought that the sum total of all the energy in the universe was zero, once you took into account the (negative) energy of fields and so forth. But this is coming from a very sketchy memory.

Claude.
 

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