@Thomas,
Quote:Because the floor isn't doing any work, and consequently isn't expending energy that requires a source.
You are making a mistake here.
You see you use the 'work equation' (W=F x d) not to calculate but to see if any work is done at all.
Now, that isn't where it is for! You are using it wrongly.
you are using the 'work force' beyond its original intent!
It is NOT a generic work 'detector' that tells us
whether any energy was expended by an arbitrary event!!
It is an engineering tool! that's all.
Let's see,
A big man has eaten a lot of food and is very strong.
He is in front of a huge rock.
Now he is going to try to move the rock, but he can't.
The rock is too heavy.
He tries for hours and hours, but alas,
The stone hasn't moved a bit!
But the man is exhausted! But according to the work equation he hasn't done any work at all, because d=0 so W=0.
Don't you see how stupid it is?
You really can't use it this way.