> There's just a corresponding draw of energy from the environment that is also producing photons.
It is only possible to do that if the photons are sent somewhere that is colder than the device.
> You're saying that a small fast moving body can't impart energy to a large slow moving body.
No, I'm saying it can't impart all of its energy, and the more energy the other body has the less energy it can impart. i.e. it's exactly Carnot efficiency.
Perhaps what you don't realize is that Carnot efficiency doesn't represent lost energy. It represents heat energy than can not be converted to another form, and remains in the source.
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> There's just a corresponding draw of energy from the environment that is also producing photons.
It is only possible to do that if the photons are sent somewhere that is colder than the device.
> You're saying that a small fast moving body can't impart energy to a large slow moving body.
No, I'm saying it can't impart all of its energy, and the more energy the other body has the less energy it can impart. i.e. it's exactly Carnot efficiency.
Perhaps what you don't realize is that Carnot efficiency doesn't represent lost energy. It represents heat energy than can not be converted to another form, and remains in the source.
>It is only possible to do that if the photons are sent somewhere that is colder than the device. //
Where are you deriving this from. What force prevents me shining a light towards a hot object.