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genevieve1028

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An inventor wants you to finance construction of a machine that will run at room temperature by using the free thermal energy available in the air itself. Should you invest 100,000? Why or why not?
 
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Question 2

Sustainable development of a finite resource is
 
  a. never possible.
  b. sometimes possible.
  c. possible half the time.
  d. usually possible.
  e. always possible.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

You should not invest. This is what is known as a perpetual motion machine. The
second law of thermodynamics says that this cannot work as advertised. There is energy in
the air, but for a thermal engine to work, there must be a low temperature reservoir and a
high temperature reservoir. There is just one reservoir here, so the machine could not work.

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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