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   XPost: sci.physics, sci.electronics.basics   
   From: rlombardo@cox.net   
      
   Look up conservation of brightness   
      
   "RichD"  wrote in message   
   news:3a96de31-2ae7-4af9-b9fa-ecf79907b185@f21g2000prn.googlegroups.com...   
   > This may be a dumb question, but anyway....   
   >   
   > A lens focuses energy, does it not?  That's its   
   > purpose.   So given a large radiating source, the   
   > lens concentrates a dissipating spreading wave,   
   > down to a small area.   
   >   
   > Does this not violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics?   
   > The natural evolution is the radiation spreads,   
   > becoming more disorderly and lower temperature.   
   > The lens reverse this process, concentrating the   
   > energy, with temperature rise.   
   >   
   > And the lens is a passive device, so no exogenous   
   > power source to do the work.   
   >   
   > Ot it could be a parabolic mirror, same thing.   
   >   
   > Explanation?   
   >   
   > --   
   > Rich   
      
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