I understand that energy is converted from one form to another and that the law of conservation of energy states that energy is not created or destroyed. However, I do not understand how energy is conserved if it seems to eventually dissipate. For example, when a top spins kinetic energy is not lost because it is transformed into thermal energy due to friction. When the top eventually stops and when the ground “cools” and everything seems to have reverted back to what it was before, how is energy still conserved?
