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....I could choose to look at the fact that
the average, translational kinetic energy per molecule has increased.
the great technological advance that lead to the
industrial revolution was when we figured how to convert _some_ thermalized
(thermal) energy into useful work. Prior to the steam engine we only knew
how to transfer kinetic and potential energy into thermal energy, or thermal
energy from one object to another. The ability to go from thermal to
kinetic is a defining point in human development. ....
Rick