OKay-- acording to the LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, which is one of the basis for our foundation on the laws of physics-- "Energy cannot be created from nothing" --that is, there is no free energy. From what I understand, matter can be considered a form of energy-- it can be converted to energy ; ie: A football player eats a carb-loaded meal then night b4 a big game-- he has more energy to expend in the big game. So, if energy is produced by conversion from matter then what fuels the seemingly ENDLESS AMOUNT of energy that is expended by gravity? Where does the energy come from to keep a moon swinging around us, or to pull an apple to the ground? Can anyone enlighten me on this? Maybe my logic is skewed. What fuels gravity? Thanks!
2006-06-13
19:29:17
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