¶ Boltzmann Sequence (1)
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Boltzmann Sequence:
“There is another generalized cosmic law known as Boltzmann’s law, which is relevant to the stars as cosmic energy storehouses which, though long-lived, eventually dissipate all their energy by radiational export. Boltzmann’s law states in effect that 'within a closed system-- in this instance the Universe itself-- there are oscillations and evolutions between high and low energy concentrations and diffusions. This holds true all the way from the Universe itself to the smallest atomic nucleus components-- and energy is never lost from the total system. While the Sun may be feeding energy to each of its planets, we do not know that they have means of storing it and sorting it to the degree that we do know indeed that the Sun is being impounded on our planet Earth by the refraction of the atmosphere, by the refraction of the water, with the Sun heating the oceans, and all the vegetation growing and impounding the radiations by photosynthesis, and with all the hydrocarbons we call fossil fuels being buried deeply within Earth’s crystalline mantle. The planet Earth is one place we know with empirical certitude to be collecting, sorting, and storing energies in chemically orderly ways. As with the weather, there are cosmic high pressures and low pressures.”
¶ Citations
- RBF in Michael Ben-Eli Interview, AD, Dec’72
