At 06:35 PM 4/23/2009, Olin wrote: > >Think about it. If this weren't true you could violate thermodynamics and >build free energy machines. Put any object that emits differently than it >obsorbs into a vacuum inside a glass housing on your desk. If it absorbed >more than it transmits, then its equillibrium temperature would be higher >than the surroundings. If it transmitted more than it absorbed, its >equillibrium temperature would be lower. Either way you'd be getting free >energy when there isn't any to be had. > Isn't light energy? I think the first law of thermodynamics is still safe! ================================================================ Robert A. LaBudde, PhD, PAS, Dpl. ACAFS e-mail: ral@lcfltd.com Least Cost Formulations, Ltd. URL: http://lcfltd.com/ 824 Timberlake Drive Tel: 757-467-0954 Virginia Beach, VA 23464-3239 Fax: 757-467-2947 "Vere scire est per causas scire" ================================================================ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist