3 ms·

A localized reduction of entropy will always result in an increase of entropy in the larger system. It doesn't matter how efficient your process is, the entrop

A localized reduction of entropy will always result in an increase of entropy in the larger system. It doesn't matter how efficient your process is, the entropy of the surrounding system will ALWAYS increase as the result of the work needed to effect a localized reduction.

ganzuul 2y ago
Unless the surrounding system is already at infinite entropy.
ykonstant 2y ago
Yes, so we should bundle the excess entropy into a rocket and shoot it into space. As Futurama showed, this is perfectly fine!