Occasionally Someone Claims to Have Built a Machine That Can

question 32

Multiple Choice

Occasionally someone claims to have built a machine that can run forever, producing as much energy as it consumes. This has always been disproved because it violates

• A) the first law of thermodynamics.
• B) the second law of thermodynamics.
• C) entropy.
• D) laws preventing any conversion between types of energy.
• E) coupled reaction equations.

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