"What is the difference between waves crashing into the beach and the waves crashing into a paddle wheel set near the beach?"

Where whales are relative to it. They don't go to the beach unless things have gone very wrong.

I tried to meticulously explain how things need to balance, not citing laws but once and pointing that law existed as a result of how things acted. I don't think I mischaracterized things, and hoped you'd be able to consider the discussion and be compelled to agree that's how things actually work.

Well, we sure don't have to agree on this to agree on other matters.