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re:Flow of energy



On Sat, 30 Aug 1997, Leigh Palmer wrote:

Flow: energy, no; diarrhea, yes.

This is both right and wrong. Do SOME types of energy propagate across
distance? If so, then we cannot say that energy in general does not flow.
Is "flow" a bad description of the behavior of OTHER types of energy? If
so, then we cannot say that energy in general flows.

In general, energy does and does not flow. What is true or false about
thermo might not be true or false about energy in general.

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