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>you are keeping the energy organized by beaming it in any direction I am afraid it is you who misunderstand thermodynamics, my friend. :-) Entropy is a matter
by whatshisface 4y ago
>you are keeping the energy organized by beaming it in any direction
I am afraid it is you who misunderstand thermodynamics, my friend. :-) Entropy is a matter of degree, and as long as the beam leaving the Earth is less ordered than the beam coming down, it can work. For example, imagine a hot nail on the moon suspended a few inches above a mirror. The heat will radiate into space and the moon won't get hotter.
- betwixthewires 4y agoYes, but that energy cannot be used for work on the moon...
- taneq 4y agoPresumably the work is what heated the nail up in the first place…
- betwixthewires 4y agoYes, and if that work was done on the moon, the nail wouldn't be the only thing that was hot.