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Originally Posted by mulp
Yes, the theory says matter and energy are conserved as in total, so converting matter to energy and energy to matter are equivalent. Note that theory also dictates entropy always increases, so matter will eventually disappear into energy so diffuse matter can not be created, but that's on the scale of the universe.
And yes, burning fossil fuels does decrease the amount of matter.
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Gosh, wouldn't it be cool if we could harness the energy that already exists as energy withour depleting any of the matter that exists here on earth?
Oh wait... we can, solar cells do this.
Wind is a product of solar/thermal convection, that works too...
Who knows, maybe Thomas Beardon will succeed in finding a way to pull energy from the entropic vacuum... ok, a little wishful thinking there...