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An inventor comes to you with a proposal. He proposes that he will create an engine that r...

An inventor comes to you with a proposal. He proposes that he will create an engine that runs forever using only a small tank of hydrogen as a fuel source. The hydrogen will burn with the oxygen in air and produce water. The engine’s power will operate a generator that will produce electricity, and the electricity will be used in an electrolysis process to convert the water to hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen will be captured and returned to the engine to be burned. Explain to the inventor why his proposed system will not run forever.

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