Think very carefully about eh law of conservation of energy in this question. Th

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Think very carefully about eh law of conservation of energy in this question. This type of situation sometimes happens in real life, so your answer and your thinking may have real consequences in your future.

An investor is looking for investors to start up a company. The inventor has comeup with a synthetic reusable fuel that he claims will eliminate the dependence on heating oil, gasoline, or natural gas. He provides the following data:

*when 1.0 gram of his fuel is burned it produces 5kcal of heat energy

*the products of the burning can be collected and converted back into the fuel's original form-exactly as it was to being with!

*it takes only 2.5kcal of electrical energy to recycle 1.0g of his fuel

Will you invest in his comany? Explain why or why not.

Explanation / Answer

It means that net gain in the energy upon burning 1 gram of fuel is :

E = 5-2.5 = 2.5 Kcal (Using conservation of energy) which is a huge amount as compared to the mass used which a natural gas or gasoline doesn't provide. Also , this kind of energy is clean energy as it is renewable source of energy.

Hense, It is profitable to invest in the company.

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