Which risk increases significantly when exceeding an engine's maximum Carnot efficiency?

💡 Explanation

Exceeding Carnot is impossible because it represents the theoretical maximum; any real engine is less efficient; thus, it creates the maximum amount of possible entropy. Therefore, efficiency limitations always result in an increase of irreversible entropy generation, rather than the ideal limits of reversible processes.

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