I think it's fair to separate it from the direct heat generation because if you look at second order effects like that, pretty much all of the energy ends up being radiated away as infrared in space.
It's quite literally a second order effect. The first order effect is light generation, and a consequence of that effect is heat generation via light absorption.
I think it's fair to separate it from the direct heat generation because if you look at second order effects like that, pretty much all of the energy ends up being radiated away as infrared in space.
It's hardly a second order effect if you're talking about heating a space and the light is absorbed by the walls of that space.
It's quite literally a second order effect. The first order effect is light generation, and a consequence of that effect is heat generation via light absorption.
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Nice point! Would it be the same for sound that doesn't escape a room?