While the " total energy " ( the sum of the energies of the mean motion and of the wave motion ) is conserved for a non-dissipative system, the energy of the wave motion is not conserved, since in general there can be an exchange of energy with the mean motion.
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It has been argued by some that all emergent order in the universe from galaxies, solar systems, planets, weather, complex chemistry, evolutionary biology to even consciousness, technology and civilizations are themselves examples of thermodynamic dissipative systems; nature having naturally selected these structures to accelerate entropy flow within the universe to an ever-increasing degree.
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These apparent violations are due to the fact that the traditional conservation laws in classical and quantum electrodynamics ( QED ) only display linear U ( 1 ) symmetry ( in particular, by the extended Noether theorem, conservation laws such as the laws of thermodynamics need not always apply to dissipative systems, which are expressed in gauges of higher symmetry ).
