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The influx of energy into an open system would not decrease entropy.
I don't understand your continued confusion on this topic, despite that it has been explained to you several times by people who understand it. The second law of thermodynamics only applies to closed systems. The second law of thermodynamics states that the quantity dQ/T integrated between the beginning and ending states of a closed system cannot decrease. But once the system is open, and especially if there is an input of energy into the system, the is no longer true; the entropy can decrease in an open system provided there is a source of free energy.
No one is claiming that the input of energy is by itself sufficient to ensure that the entropy will decrease. What people are saying is that once there is a source of energy, there is the possibility for the entropy of an open system to decrease, and so the second law no longer applies.
This is freshman level physics. It is mystifying to me how it is that you cannot seem to grasp this even though several people have been trying to explain this to you.
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Actually, the added heat energy would increase the rate at which things deteriorate.
Actually, this is not true at all.
Edited by Chiroptera, : Corrected a minor typo.
Edited by Chiroptera, : And a not so minor typo.
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