If you can store energy then what is that energy doing when it is not being used?

Answer 1

Well, fat would be the energy to mass conversion thingy, wouldn't it? E=mc-squared. What an interesting question. I wonder what the energyis doing in a battery? Maybe it's stored as mass, too. And the thing is, it's easily convertible -- the catalyst isn't something long and involved, like it would be if you wanted to get energy out of marble, for example.

I don't know -- I hope you get an expert answer, because that's a good question.

Answer 2

potential energy isn't really kinetic energy but ready to be put in action or available to be tapped and used readily like a water fall held back by a dam the energy is there in waiting but not yet utilized

Answer 3

Nothing. What does the energy in a battery do when it is not being used?

Answer 4

well at the nano level there moving around and keeping a charge by splitting and forming new molecules to bond to nothing thou goes to wast not with energy.

Answer 5

it's just sitting there waiting, like water in a water tower.
not doing anything, just sitting there.
it is being what is called POTENTIAL energy

Answer 6

you mean in batteries or people

i think the energy play with each other and repopulate

Answer 7

If you keep money in a box what is the money doing?
Fat stay as fat.
Charcoal stay as charcoal.
Firewood stay as firewood.
LPG stay as LPG in a gas cylinder.
Forest fire produces haze.

Answer 8

if you don't burn energy you intake it is stored as fat.

Answer 9

when not in use it is being stored.

Answer 10

answer to the question above me is nada.