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i dont really know. theres an idea germinating in my head that needs more detail...
the globe's travel through space is irrelevant to me.
i'm more concerned with facts and figures and theory(oh my) relating to the energy consumption/production.
if i remember physics class properly, E=MC2(apologies for the incorrect format) means that the energy to be found in an object is equal to the mass of the object multiplied by the speed of light squared.
now, take a fish.
it eats another fish.
it certainly does not gain energy on anything like that scale, so it is not 100%efficient.
(if efficiency is 100% multiplied by total in/total out)
i am curious as to where this waste goes, apart from the small amount being crapped out the cloacal.
but thats off the point a little.
there are lifeforms all over the planet doing the same thing as the fish. the waste that members of the animal kingdom(and others) produce does feeed some plants, and the cycle of life goes on.
in such an ecosytem, can there be absolutely nothing lost?
i also recall learning that energy cannot be destroyed or created, only changed. does the fuel the earh recieves(the sun) pay for itself? do we lose less than we gain from space?
if i was able to follow a joule around the world, how likely would it be that i would follow it off earth?
if the sun suddenly gave us more energy than the earth needed, would the planet burn it off? if the grateful recipients of the energy of the sun became fewer in number, would that make a different kind of difference?
as i said up-post and upthread, i am thinking unfinished thoughts in the direction of the right question. once i get there, i may be able to find an answer. |
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