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Where does energy come from?

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Where does energy come from?
« on: 20/06/2019 15:23:04 »
Geoff asks:

"If all energy can't be destroyed but only transformed, where does it original come from?"

What do you think?
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Re: Where does energy come from?
« Reply #1 on: 20/06/2019 17:29:00 »
I think that the energy locked up in matter equates with the negative energy of gravity so that they add up to zero.
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Re: Where does energy come from?
« Reply #2 on: 21/06/2019 12:23:07 »
According to current theories, all the energy in the universe was present at the Big Bang.
- Baryonic matter was mostly Hydrogen, with some Helium
- The energy we use today came mostly from turning hydrogen into heavier elements in stars, plus gravity
- Uranium for fission comes from the end stage of this process, when neutron stars collide

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all energy can't be destroyed but only transformed
However, an equally important factor is entropy, and it can't be created, but only degraded (in a closed system).

The Big Bang provided a low-entropy start to the universe, and entropy has been inexorably increasing since then.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death_of_the_universe
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Re: Where does energy come from?
« Reply #3 on: 21/06/2019 21:01:03 »
Energy is the mathematical concept used to model how the universe works. It comes in a variety of forms. The fact that energy is conserved can be initially derived from  Newton's laws of motion and inertia. Add in quantum mechanics and general relativity and you have a comprehensive way of modeling the world and the whole universe.

Studying the forms of energy and potential energy is a fascinating subject with some tough concepts underpinning it. Worth the effort in my opinion.
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Re: Where does energy come from?
« Reply #4 on: 24/06/2019 19:22:47 »
If energy is a coin of exchange then it should belong to transformations as it seems to me? If you're thinking of 'pure energy' then ?? A quark gluon plasma as just after a Big Bang? Temperature?

I would guess 'light' is the closest to it, presuming something able to 'pressure' it. At least if you go by the Big Bang.
Or just 'forces' ???
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Actually I don't know. It's like asking how the universe came to be, was it 'laws' that was its origin, or 'forces'. Or are they the same?
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