Not stuck in the form of heat, energy was a chameleon that could and did change forms. Burning bright in the forests of the night, Blake's tiger uses muscle power drawing on sugar energy in the blood, energy stored from the eating of animals feeding on plants, them selves growing off the solar gradient. in the mitochondria of the cells within the tigers body, electron and ion flows-electricity-are generated by allowing hydrogen rich food to react with oxygen. The reactions are made possible by the chemical energy potential between hydrogen and oxygen known as redox gradient. {Into the Cool, p43, Schneider and Sagan, 2005}
....the blood sugar is plundered to build up the redox gradients to make continued thought possible- which in the tiger, which comes back soon enough to when and how to stalk one's next meal. When the tiger looks at its prey and pounces, it is using energy from the sun (albeit at several removes) in a cyclical process that expends energy to fortify the energy-accumulating form. Such energy accumulation sparkles in the tiger. Ultimately, it extends to the whole universe. Looking at the tiger in his mind's eye, Blake asks himself what immortal hand or eye could frame such fearful symmetry. {Into..., p. 44}
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ReplyDeleteNot stuck in the form of heat, energy was a chameleon that could and did change forms. Burning bright in the forests of the night, Blake's tiger uses muscle power drawing on sugar energy in the blood, energy stored from the eating of animals feeding on plants, them selves growing off the solar gradient. in the mitochondria of the cells within the tigers body, electron and ion flows-electricity-are generated by allowing hydrogen rich food to react with oxygen. The reactions are made possible by the chemical energy potential between hydrogen and oxygen known as redox gradient. {Into the Cool, p43, Schneider and Sagan, 2005}
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ReplyDelete....the blood sugar is plundered to build up the redox gradients to make continued thought possible- which in the tiger, which comes back soon enough to when and how to stalk one's next meal. When the tiger looks at its prey and pounces, it is using energy from the sun (albeit at several removes) in a cyclical process that expends energy to fortify the energy-accumulating form. Such energy accumulation sparkles in the tiger. Ultimately, it extends to the whole universe. Looking at the tiger in his mind's eye, Blake asks himself what immortal hand or eye could frame such fearful symmetry. {Into..., p. 44}
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