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To: nuke rocketeer

Friction is one of those things that takes energy out of the system. Conservation of energy dictates that if no energy is removed from a closed system then it will never stop. The only real-life example we have, though, is the entire universe ;-)


29 posted on 09/11/2007 9:17:55 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: Squawk 8888
Conservation of energy dictates that if no energy is removed from a closed system then it will never stop. The only real-life example we have, though, is the entire universe

However, I read that entropy must increase to a maximum...

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54 posted on 09/11/2007 9:22:52 PM PDT by poindexters brother
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To: Squawk 8888
Lets try this again... Conservation of energy dictates that if no energy is removed from a closed system then it will never stop. The only real-life example we have, though, is the entire universe

However, I read that entropy must increase to a maximum...

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55 posted on 09/11/2007 9:25:41 PM PDT by poindexters brother
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