HOT STEAMY HOLES: THERMODYNAMICS (or “sexy science: why our holes are moist,” or “Let’s get physical.”)
Thermodynamics studies the activity of energy flow in the natural universe- so let’s get physical, baby. The study of thermodynamics has produced a number of physical laws. The laws of thermodynamics describe some of the fundamental truths ever observed in our Universe. Understanding these laws is important to Hot Steamy Holes because many of our… processes… involve the sensual flow of energy.
The steam from our sizzling holes represents the first law of thermodynamics. This steamy law is often called the Law of Conservation of Energy. This stimulating law suggests energy can be transferred from one system to another in many forms; and cannot be created or destroyed. Thus, the total amount of energy available in the Universe is constant. This means our moist holes release heat to transfer sizzling hot water from beneath the ground into a gaseous state: Steam, baby.
The second law is even hotter. Heat cannot be transferred from a colder body to a hotter body, no matter how sexy that body may be. As a result, natural processes that involve energy transfer must have one direction, and all natural processes are irreversible. Once you’ve entered my hot hole, there’s no going back. This law also predicts that the entropy of a remote system always increases with time. Entropy is the measure of the chaos or randomness of energy and matter in a system. Due to the second law of thermodynamics, both energy and matter in the Universe are becoming less useful as time goes on. Perfect order in the Universe transpired the instant after the Big Bang when energy and matter and all of the forces of the Universe were unified. Steamy holes love a Big Bang every once in a while.
Now let’s get kinky. The Third Law of thermodynamics states that if all the thermal motion of molecules (kinetic energy) could be removed, a state called absolute zero would occur. Absolute zero results in a temperature of 0 Kelvins or -273.15° Celsius.
The Universe hasn’t yet visited our sizzling site, so it will attain absolute zero when all energy and matter is randomly distributed across space. The current temperature of empty space in the Universe is about 2.7 Kelvins. So let’s warm it up, sexy.