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• unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Light is absorbed by materials and ultimately becomes heat.

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  • Triumph@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Doesn't everything ultimately become heat?

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    • unrealMinotaur@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      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.

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• Klear@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Four or five?

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• IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  and what happens to the energy of said photons once they interact with your retina?

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