Dan writes: > I take exception to this characterization. Electricity in a metal > conductor moves at the speed of light.
Yes, Dan, the effects of an EMF propagate at the speed of light, but individual *electrons* don't! (To the extent they exist as discrete objects at all!) The ping-pong balls in a tube analogy illustrates this. > You are opening a can of worms talking about the speed of flow of > actual electrons or charges... No doubt, and I don't expect any of this to stand up to rigorous analysis... The question is, can it give Neville at least an intuitive grasp of the concepts? Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
