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From: williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402)
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Subject: 100% Efficiency
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 11:40:39 EDT
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	If a space heater were 100% efficient within a perfect
closed environment, then the temperature of the room would rise
to infinity (?). The idea behind the second law is that some of the
energy is always lost to the environment. That is, the efficiency of
the chamber is based not only on the heater, but also the insulator.

						John.