[SGVLUG] Off-topic - home guerrilla solar systems
Emerson, Tom (*IC)
Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com
Wed Feb 21 12:02:49 PST 2007
In the words of Foghorn Leghorn, "It's a joke, son -- you're supposed to
laugh" ;)
> -----Original Message----- Of David Lawyer
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:56:18AM -0800, Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
> >
> > After all, consider "AC", ...
> > -- this is the biggest "scam" of them all[...]
> > current flow changes, which means that the power company is selling
> > you THE EXACT SAME ELECTRON OVER AND OVER AGAIN ;)
>
> The power Co. is not selling electrons by themselves which
> are nearly worthless. The are selling electrons at a voltage
> which is potential energy per unit charge. 100 volts is 100
> Joules per Coulomb of electrons, moved across the 100 volt
> potential. And if you have 2-wire electric service, the
> potential exists between the two wires. So when the electrons
> flow across the potential they do work. So it makes no
> difference whether or not the electrons are the same ones or not.
> David Lawyer
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