Talk:Firebending/@comment-110.55.14.187-20120129164813/@comment-76.24.189.176-20120210181452

Firebending isn't one in the same with energy, although it involves a lot of energy by default based on it's nature because it is directly related to heat. You see the chemical reaction that is fire creates a lot of heat as a by product so it does need a lot of energy. Having said that, any chemical reaction needs energy to work, and not all chemical reactions have to do with fire. This may be where you are getting confused, as there are different kinds of energy that don't have anything to do with fire. What's more confusing, is fire does have to do with heat (for example we saw firebending's connection to heat used with tea) and heat is a by product of energy. However there is a fundamental difference between pure energy and heat, just like there is a fundamental difference between pure energy and fire. All bending takes some energy to preform, so you can't classify energy under any of the four elements including fire. Other elements like water, earth, and air can also be more complex than one might think.