(December 2, 2015 at 4:29 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Tibs, how do you "loose energy"? My understanding is that it may take a higher amount of energy to make the transformation to the end product. It's just that the end product does not contain all the initial energy. In a closed system the total amount of energy would still exist, just not necessarily in the transformed product. If course I could be wrong, ain't no ricket scientwist.
"Lose" is probably the wrong word to use, but ultimately although the total amount of energy would still exist, some of that energy would be seen as "wasted" in the form of heat / light, etc.
Ultimately, the more energy transfers that take place, the more wasted energy, and after a period of time, that energy spreads out evenly across space, resulting in the heat death of the universe.
