Comments on: Dow Corning Alternative Energy Survey http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/dow-corning-alternative-energy-survey/ Alternative Energy News and Information about Renewable Energy Technologies: Articles, Discussions, News and Videos. Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:53:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Melvin Goldstein http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/dow-corning-alternative-energy-survey/#comment-10838 Melvin Goldstein Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:56:51 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=554#comment-10838 There are foibles in all of us. There are even Physics Foibles. Entropy is one of them. Inside a warm damp cave, completely sealed off from the outside world, will life survive? Answer: No life forms could flourish indefinitely. In an isolated system, entropy always increases. Life tries to push entropy in the opposite direction. When life is created, entropy decreases in the cave but nature demands a greater entropy increase offset. The cave, being sealed, would mean that entropy would reach its max, thus energy necessary to sustain and generate new life would be unavailable. Maybe we should learn a lesson from this. Available energy is mandatory. Wealth may equate to available energy. If you want to live in a nation that is prospering, make sure that its available energy supply is abundant. Don’t overuse it. Protect the environment. The oil spill should not be used as a political football!! There are foibles in all of us. There are even Physics Foibles. Entropy is one of them.

Inside a warm damp cave, completely sealed off from the outside world, will life survive?

Answer: No life forms could flourish indefinitely.

In an isolated system, entropy always increases. Life tries to push entropy in the opposite direction. When life is created, entropy decreases in the cave but nature demands a greater entropy increase offset.

The cave, being sealed, would mean that entropy would reach its max, thus energy necessary to sustain and generate new life would be unavailable.

Maybe we should learn a lesson from this. Available energy is mandatory. Wealth may equate to available energy. If you want to live in a nation that is prospering, make sure that its available energy supply is abundant. Don’t overuse it. Protect the environment.

The oil spill should not be used as a political football!!

]]> By: Rusty http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/dow-corning-alternative-energy-survey/#comment-3578 Rusty Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:12:48 +0000 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/?p=554#comment-3578 This is very interesting information. Unfortunately, the survey seems to show that companies mostly invest in alternative energy for somewhat selfish reasons, but I suppose that's understandable considering they ultimately report to the shareholders. That just means, individuals need to drive change and then companies will follow. I have also seen similar data at www.FirmlyGreen.com. Great article! This is very interesting information. Unfortunately, the survey seems to show that companies mostly invest in alternative energy for somewhat selfish reasons, but I suppose that’s understandable considering they ultimately report to the shareholders. That just means, individuals need to drive change and then companies will follow. I have also seen similar data at http://www.FirmlyGreen.com. Great article!

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