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minus-squarecredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·9 months agoI dunno, I’m seeing some light.
minus-squareunrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoLight is absorbed by materials and ultimately becomes heat.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoDoesn’t everything ultimately become heat?
minus-squareunrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoYes, that is why it states “this is what peak thermodynamic performance.” In electronics people are taught that no device is 100% efficient because energy is lost as heat. A heater is 100% efficient because everything becomes heat.
minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoand what happens to the energy of said photons once they interact with your retina?
I dunno, I’m seeing some light.
Light is absorbed by materials and ultimately becomes heat.
Doesn’t everything ultimately become heat?
Yes, that is why it states “this is what peak thermodynamic performance.” In electronics people are taught that no device is 100% efficient because energy is lost as heat. A heater is 100% efficient because everything becomes heat.
Four or five?
and what happens to the energy of said photons once they interact with your retina?