On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:56 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint <[email protected]> wrote: > RE: COE… > > > > Start here: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg57015.html > > > > COE begins with the phrase, "IN A CLOSED SYSTEM, ..." > > For sci-drones this phrase didn’t seem to stick! All they remember is the > other half of the law… > > The second half of the law cannot be applied defensibly without the first > half. > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg66744.html > > > > -mark iverson >
COE can always be saved by changing the boundaries of system so COE will never be proven incorrect or inadequate along these lines. Where it might be proven incorrect is the assumption that all forms of energy are equivalent in the sense that they are all interconvertable. Harry
