--- Horace > > That could be indicative of a what one would expect from ZPE coherence - which is a THERMAL LOSS of one form of energy as ambient energy is converted to another form(light) but at the same time the LoT are being maintained.
> I would think just the opposite were true. If ZPE is tapped then the temperature should rise. But that would violate the LoT. There is plenty of evidence that these laws are always valid. > If temperature drops then this is a sign of a Second Law of Thermodynamics violation. Not under my interpretation of that which is that ZPE in effect "props up" the thermal spectrum; > The effects of ZPE are normally unseen - i.e. > neutral. Don't think so. What are you basing that on? > Removing ZPE, as caused in a thin gap, should not > drop temperature, should it? Let's say that "ambient" is 300 K. Solar input and heat from the earth provide most of that. However, just as in "space" (not interstellar but interplanetary) where the actual temp seldom drops below ~150 K even in the "shade" then to me this could indicate that the lowest or bottom level of earthly "ambient" i.e. the bottom 100 degrees has a ZPE origin. This "bottom" props up the rest and when some is removed, the system seems to cool. Jones
