On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 09:33:50 -0800 Jim Cathey via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Don't forget that supercooling air also heats something else.
> This is just a heat pump system. All the heat you'd need later,
> plus some, is 'stored' in the environment. (Minus whatever might
> escape off the earth by radiation.)
>
> Regarding thermodynamics, which IS what is being talked about:
>
> The British scientist and author C.P. Snow had an excellent way of
> remembering the three laws: You cannot win (that is, you cannot get
> something for nothing, because matter and energy are conserved).
>
> You cannot break even (you cannot return to the same energy state,
> because there is always an increase in disorder; entropy always
> increases).
>
> You cannot get out of the game (because absolute zero is unattainable).
When I was at Caltech, we remembered them as:
1. You can't win.
2. You can't break even.
3. You can't quit.
It's nice to know the name of the fellow who came up with the idea.
Thanks, Jim!
Craig
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