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Thanks for the replies. I think the fault in my reasoning may have been that I only considered the effect of one charge on the other. I have done multi-variable calculus, if you have time i'd like to see the details. Thanks again.

Apologies in advance if this question seems trivial, I seem to have missed something conceptually and would like some clarification. If an electric field from a point charge does work on another charge and thereby loses energy, where does the lost energy come from? It is my understanding that...