*sigh* what 1842 text book do you read from? That's not how entropy works...
There is NO natural tendancy for energy to seek the "lowest" state possible. There is a law, the second law of thermodynamics, that basically says entropy will increase in an isolated system that is not in equilibrium moving it TOWARDS equilibrium. The actual law is as follows, "The second law of thermodynamics is an expression of the universal law of increasing entropy, stating that the entropy of an isolated system which is not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium. What this means is that unlike your example of the frying pan trying to reach the coolest it can, it's actually the air increasing temperature AND the frying pan decreasing temperature UNTIL both variables in the system (the air/frying pan temperature differential) are equalized.
The funny thing about entropy is that high entropy systems tend to have a high occurrence of spontaneous change, what of this spontaneous change? Spontaneous changes tend to smooth out differences in temperature, pressure, density, and chemical potential that may exist in a system, and entropy is thus a measure of how far this smoothing-out process has progressed. In short Entropy is a function of a quantity of heat which shows the possibility of conversion of that heat into work. Entropy can be key in the creation of order, if order is achieved through this equilibrium. Regardless you're way off base with your "focused" and "unfocused" explanation. It's strange and not very...realistic.
I'm a human, I am alive. In my body I produce many chemicals, HCl acid, to digest my food, this acid, is not alive, yet it is a focus of chemical energy which interacts with my food which in turn is dissolved into its base chemicals, mainly carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, etc. The whole process, of nutrient absorbtion, while directed by living cells, is purely a chemical reaction, it's not "focused" energy, it's chemistry that is as it is, because its what worked during evolution. It doesn't require life to occur, however, life occurs because of this chemistry, not the inverse.
Uhhhh, life doesn't consume more energy than it returns lol you are really pushing patience with such patently stupid ideals. What energy is consumed that is NOT returned or held in a state of potential? Don't forget the heat we create (we stay at 98.6º by temperature radiation into a cooler environment, at around 98 degrees outside, you're body is going to begin to overheat, thus we sweat, which by evaporation cools us taking the heat with it (all entropy!); well actually, it's well below 98º when we begin to overheat, but I'm not really minded to look up the amount of heat we produce to thus figure out at what external temperature we begin to produce more than we can radiate over time, this is neither here nor there for the sake of this argument. A lot of our energy goes to heat to MAINTAIN our body temp in an environment (aside from nevada, arizona, or whatever hell hole) that is typically cooler than our temperature. More energy is placed into waste chemicals which retain bonds that are quite energetic, (this is why poop can be used a fertalizer for plants, it's ENERGY...ie Nutrients. ) we never use energy, we only convert it. The idea that energy is "used" is a silly one. We increase entropic states, making it harder for energy to perform work (strong chemical bonds that don't lend themselves to energy output is a good example of entropy) Hydrogen for example, is pretty well suited for releasing energy, along with oxygen you can see a recreation of the Hindenburg. What of this energy, gone you say? no, heat is released, the chemicals bind, becoming H2O, (water...mmm good stuff) the heat released has the ability to do work as long as it is disparate from the local temperature of the system its part of, once it stabalizes, its ability for work has become victim of entropy. We can use (and it requires the same amount of energy) electricity to split the H2O into H and O2, the amount of electricity required to return a same amount of H20 to H and O2 state will be equal to the amount of work/energy it released to bind them together. What comes out must go in, what goes in , must come out. I'm also confused, what new force is created?
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ALSO, entropy is not the DECREASE of energy (energy cannot be destroyed nor created) entropy is rather the reduction in energy's ability to work in a closed system.
and invest where is your response to my previous post (on page 22) , I spent a bit of time on it, and would like a response....sir.
