An LED bulb is being powered by a solar cell and after some time the LED is placed over the solar cell(after the sun sets).Will infinite energy be produced ? Please Explain.

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Obviously you are not going to get a net return on investment on the energy you put into your LED. If you could, you'd have a perpetual motion machine(a machine without energy loss) which is impossible.

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