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According the Law of Energy, Energy is a latent substance, cannot be created nor annihilated. The earth receives energy transmission from such as solar radiation every time and another space objects. And inside it inner core and living creatures activities will always produce and release energy too.Since the earth is relatively closed system it will be hard to move energy from it. And now of course, as we know. We have an ozone hole that permit UV arrive to earthface directly and Greenhouse Effect that blocks and traps the energy to keep it remain in this earth. In my mind, although those all conversed to another kind energy such as heat or kinetics. It will still cause an unbalance in earth system such as earthquake or maybe in the end "The earth will be blown up". What's your opinion here? Help me please...

2007-08-16 01:56:48 · 3 answers · asked by DITO_OCEANWOLF 1 in Science & Mathematics Physics

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Its all part of a cycle. Alot of energy escapes from earth's atmosphere. Living creatures die and supply energy to other living creatures. The energy of the rotating inner core produces a magnetic field that reaches far into space. I wouldn't worry about it too much. The earth has been around for 3 billion years and seems to be doing just fine. Except for us trashing it...

2007-08-16 02:05:58 · answer #1 · answered by kennyk 4 · 1 0

You are mistaken on several points.

First, energy is not a substance. It is simply a capability to do work. A waterfall, for example, could do work if the kinetic energy of its cascade were harnessed. But the water itself is not energy. It's the motion of the water that has the energy.

Second, the Earth is far from a closed system. It is gaining and losing energy all the time. It gains energy mostly from the Sun, but it also gains energy by the meteoroids and comets that continually bombard it bringing their kinetic energy with them.

It is also continually losing energy. Water and gas are continually drawn off into space, and their latent energies go with them. Radiant energy from the surface is continually radiated into space.

For now, all this input and output are fairly balanced, but Earth is not a closed system. A closed system, by definition, has no input or output...it is totally self sufficient.

As a biosphere, Earth is in robust balance. There is a philosophy, called Gaia, that posits the Earth is a living thing. And like most living things, it can get sick (out of balance) and well (back into balance). [See source.] That is, Earth's system is self correcting.

But, and this is a big BUT, mankind is putting stresses on Mother Earth that she has never before endured. So we don't really know what she will do to self correct and relieve those stresses. Her self correction to these extraordinary stresses, like the inordinate onset and level of global warming, could very well eliminate life on Earth as we know it.

2007-08-16 05:00:07 · answer #2 · answered by oldprof 7 · 0 0

we are unsleeping. regardless of if, what we are unsleeping of, suits with any actuality, is possibly ,irrelevant; because, if there have been a real element, that should no longer be experienced, we would possibly no longer evaluate it as proper to common sense techniques of actuality. i like your factor re the breadth of understanding. If we had real empathy with others in choose or felt the innovations of the innovations of the Earth or Cosmos, we would possibly be much less narrowly focussed in what we care approximately. From a cybernetic perspective there is little extra reason to characteristic understanding to human beings than to stars like our solar Sol. comparing what others experience like is complicated. as quickly as we evaluate discomfort we ought to ask sufferers to fee discomfort on a a million to ten scale yet we are in a position to purely evaluate discomfort while in comparison with our average, because we are in a position to no longer experience the discomfort of others to make a assessment. E.g. A confirm could ask a toddler to pass to mattress and the youngster could wail at ten decibels for 3 hours. Does this recommend the youngster is in super discomfort or are they only sooking? quantity (or era)of criticism choose no longer reflect real high quality (or quantity) of soreness. we ought to take a innovations test, or degree another actual charictoristic which comprise electric powered value or amout of sweat; however an analogous philosophical undertaking applies. We nevertheless do no longer be attentive to if some human beings have a better perpensity to sweat. We additionally do no longer be attentive to if same actual innovations states have the precise comparable psychological events. we ought to assume it rather is so regardless of if it ought to by no capacity be one hundred% shown.

2016-11-12 11:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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