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[Eddy Daze]

Has anyone got any links to more questions like these

Speculative science | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk

(Is this the most suitable place for this thread?)

 

[3.14]

you mean like what colour a smurf turns when you choke it?

 

[rockondon]

where does all the whiteness go when the snow melts?

 

[Eddy Daze]

That reminds of a question about when water freezes you can tap energy from its expansion but where does the energy come from, my idea was that liquid water stored the suns energy and then released it when it returned to ice, I sent it in but it was not published.

 

[rockondon]

That reminds of a question about when water freezes you can tap energy from its expansion but where does the energy come from, my idea was that liquid water stored the suns energy and then released it when it returned to ice, I sent it in but it was not published.

Simply put, as water freezes it releases heat energy. This energy is called the latent heat of freezing.

 

[Eddy Daze]

I suppose I was getting it the wrong way around, in that when Ice melts it stores heat energy, both are true arn't they?

 

[meogi]

I suppose I was getting it the wrong way around, in that when Ice melts it stores heat energy, both are true arn't they?

Yes. Do you know what a degree of freedom is and how molecules use them to store and release thermal energy?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I thought this question from the web site was hilarious:

[FONT=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Given the quantity of hardware orbiting the earth, does any of it affect our horoscopes?[/FONT]

 

[Eddy Daze]

Yes. Do you know what a degree of freedom is and how molecules use them to store and release thermal energy?

I would need enlightening on that one, it was 1986 when I last studied sciece

 

[StudentOfGod]

Has anybody here seen the BBC series, "Look Around You?"

It sounds like you'd enjoy it, based on the way you question the way the world works.