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Pastimes : Neocon's Seminar Thread
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To: one_less who wrote (759)5/28/2003 2:39:51 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 1112
 
The traditional argument against this, of course, is that light itself is a form of energy. However, I argue, light is not energy because the energy is not destroyed when the light is out.

The energy isn't destroyed when the light is out, it just isn't generated anymore. In order for you to see light you need continuous generation of energy, because the light you saw before either gets scattered, absorbed, or just zooms past you at 186,000 or so miles per second. When you turn off the oven the energy isn't destroyed as the oven cools, the heat just spreads to the environment around it. Its pretty much the same thing with light.

Tim
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