Thermodynamics has something to say about this. Reconfiguring atoms into a preferred configuration subset means a reduction in system entropy, which requires ve

Thermodynamics has something to say about this. Reconfiguring atoms into a preferred configuration subset means a reduction in system entropy, which requires venting entropy elsewhere. That means shedding heat from the Earth. The rate at which you can do that goes with the fourth power of the planet's surface temperature. There's a maximum temperature beyond which the planet's molecules will start reconfiguring themselves into configurations you don't prefer. So there's a maximum rate at which you can rearrange the system to make it better. There's also, presumably, a maximally preferred arrangement of Earth's molecules, beyond which any further reconfiguration would be a backward step. The alternative would imply a cycle of configurations that are each preferable to one another. Remember, "infinite" does not mean "a really big finite amount that's just too big for me to imagine".