orogenicman
Darwin was a pastafarian
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That is correct and it will one day give off no more energy, it's been figured mathematically at 5 billion years from now.
The sun obeys the laws of thermodynamics because it is a closed system. The Earth, however, is not a closed system. It gains energy - from the sun. And when the sun dies, and it will eventually, it won't matter if the Earth then becomes a closed system - it won't because it will be destroyed when the sun dies. And that is something else entirely.
Agreed, but clearly the earth is affected by the 2nd law.
The second law applies to closed systems. The Earth is not a closed system.