If a machine is never 100% efficient transforming energy into work because part of the energy is converted into heat, does it mean an electric heater is 100% efficient? @showerthoughts@lemmy.world

  • lemmyng@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    That’s like arguing that trickle down economics is efficient because the money eventually gets into the hands of the poor.

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      9 months ago

      That’s like arguing that 99% of the light off a heating element is a laser beam directed straight into deep space.