Re: energy in the tank

[Jim Green <JMGreen@SISNA.COM>]

>  Much of the energy released drives the PV
> work of moving the pistons.
>
> OK. How's that?

As  I have  predicted  on occasion, when  we  think of  "energy" as a fluid
substance our conceptualization  gets foggy.   The energy of a system can
be increased  or decreased by doing _work_ on the system, but it is not
"released" or "transferred".  One can of course use this faulty shorthand
language in a pinch, but then one runs into the  risk of faulty
understanding -- as has been amply demonstrated in this thread.

Jim Green
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