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fair enough for a conventional circuit, but i was asking about a situation where current is sent one way only, down a line to a "sink" for the electrons (appliances and whatever). I think i have found the answer that there is a component of the system in the ground. It is the ground itself...

scenario: If any generator ultimately 'pushes' current (free surface electrons) down a wire, moving trillions of trillions of electrons through power wires towards our homes and other uses . . . what is the source of electrons at the generator site to replenish electrons? There can not...