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> Wax is made of hydrogen and carbon. Too bad he doesn't explain where the energy in the wax came from like Feynman does when explaining fire: https://youtu.b
by js2 6y ago
> Wax is made of hydrogen and carbon.
Too bad he doesn't explain where the energy in the wax came from like Feynman does when explaining fire:
https://youtu.be/N1pIYI5JQLE https://youtu.be/N1pIYI5JQLE
Paraffin wax is derived from petroleum, so like the wood in Feynman's explanation, the energy is from the sun via ancient photosynthesis.
- throwawaysea 6y agoAll fossil fuels are solar power in that sense?
- 542458 6y agoOnly in the most pendantic of senses - a bit like arguing that my car is fusion powered because it runs on gas that was originally given energy from the sun. I suppose in a sense everything in the universe is powered by whatever triggered the Big Bang.
- hyperman1 6y agoMost of them. There are also the nuclear reactions in the earth's core.
- kgwgk 6y agoI know that there are organisms that thrive in geotermally heated environments, but do they really produce fossil fuels?
- purple_ferret 6y agoOr more recent photosynthesis. You can make candle wax out of soy, beeswax, crisco, etc.
- kgwgk 6y agoAlso from animal fat.