If there is a force applied but no work done, what happens to that energy?
In: Physics
Force is actually not carrying any energy by itself, only when it is moving stuff (in physics you have to multiply the force by the distance it moves something to get energy). When you are standing on earth, the gravitational force is pulling you down, but the reactionary force from the ground (which is actually electrons pushing each other away) pushes you up, so the forces cancel out -> nothing moves -> no energy is used
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