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Why? You could theoretically take out energy from the room in the form of electricity
by flavius29663 5y ago
Why? You could theoretically take out energy from the room in the form of electricity
- layoutIfNeeded 5y agoYou can’t. The second law of thermodynamics prohibits it. “It is impossible to devise a cyclically operating device, the sole effect of which is to absorb energy in the form of heat from a single thermal reservoir and to deliver an equivalent amount of work.”
- jodrellblank 5y agoHow does having a hot side of a piece of material and a cold side of a piece of material come under "cyclically operating"?
- rpmisms 5y agoPerhaps not an equivalent amount of work, but if we could capture some of the waste....