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There is indeed no slipping, Oren, so there is no KINETIC friction. But
it seems to me that there must be STATIC friction to cause rolling. It
also seems to me that the instantaneous point of contact is indeed
moving down the plane, opposite to the static frictional force.
Therefore, the frictional force does negative work, converting
potential energy to thermal energy.