I know every conversion of energy has loss, whether its heat, light, noise, etc. But why is there no way to combat it?
In: Physics
It might be useful to conceptualize energy as multiple opposing forces as opposed to one.
Imagine you fire a bullet from a gun. The moment the bullet leaves the barrel there are several different forces working on that bullet at the same time. Some of those forces are actually directly opposing forces… for instance… the force generated by the exploding of the gunpowder vs. the wind resistance generated by the atmosphere. This is why eventually the bullet stops.
Theoretically if you flicked that same bullet while in space and it never hit anything or got sucked into some field of gravity … it would go on forever because there is no force to oppose it…unless I’m mistaken.
Waiting for somebody to tell me why all of that is wrong lol
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