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briandg · February 12, 2018, 08:53 AM

Kozak, have you ever heard of the law of conservation of energy?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy

There you have it.

You can convert, divert, whatever sort of energy you want into another, maybe undesirable form of energy or work but it is still there, you can't 'waste' energy unless you mean that you aren't getting a desired result.

Your assessment of whatever you are referring to as 'wasted energy' is wrong. Momentum cannot ever possibly be entirely transferred from one physical thing to another, elastic or inelastic, because in EVERY collision there is energy converted from momentum into some other form suck as heat.

But, whatever. Believe whatever you have to believe.

February 12, 2018, 08:53 AM	#59
briandg Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2010 Posts: 5,468	Kozak, have you ever heard of the law of conservation of energy? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy There you have it. You can convert, divert, whatever sort of energy you want into another, maybe undesirable form of energy or work but it is still there, you can't 'waste' energy unless you mean that you aren't getting a desired result. Your assessment of whatever you are referring to as 'wasted energy' is wrong. Momentum cannot ever possibly be entirely transferred from one physical thing to another, elastic or inelastic, because in EVERY collision there is energy converted from momentum into some other form suck as heat. But, whatever. Believe whatever you have to believe. __________________ None. Last edited by briandg; February 12, 2018 at 12:41 PM.