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Where does energy come from?
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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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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?
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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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The graviton sucks
Re: Where does energy come from?
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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?
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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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