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takes that same amount of energy to break the bond thus created.

ah -is that where the pesky little equation of free energy keeps falling down?
(this is me trying to sound clever about something I know bugger all about, really)

the rest is still something something darkside....

in physics..NOTHING is free...someone (or something) always pays.
that pesky law of thermodynamics.

Ah! AH! I was correct in my hypothesis........mmmm....
Maybe I should write a paper.

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