Recent content by pallidin

Hopefully not in opposition of PF rules, I do like posing "devil advocate" comments to more thoroughly understand an OP's question/position as well as, more importantly, incite expert response. I have done this a number of times, and have found it quite useful in "zero-response" questions. I...

Not so fast... that a REALLY bad analogy. I'll leave it to you to understand why.

I must respectfully say that, IMHO, you are wrong. Love you and cheers :)

If you "close the system" you will find that your scenerio does not work. If you "open the system" the environmental air simply will not do as you suggest.

OK, everyone. A reduction in electron "flow" DOES NOT in any way mean a loss of the specific electrons themselves...

Look, it's very simple: Resistive devices in an electrical circuit DISSIPATE energy. This action necessarily results in a quantifiable reduction in current flow.

I never said or suggested that the actual electrons are "consumed" Rather, what I am saying is that the energy during the event most cetainly is(rather converted) to heat, light, etc... That event requires a reduction in current flow.

I would confidently say that my 1500 watt electrical space heater is, in fact, initially reducing current at IT'S LOCATION, not the power station. The "power station" must then ramp-up current flow to compensate for the losses at my space heater's location. Thus the "bill"

Well, it IS being used up, in a sense. It HAS to be, else one would have perpetual motion with infinite energy draw. The key is "conversion" A specific amount of current flow is reduced, by conversion, to, say, heat or light. Thus there IS less current.

Uh, no. A resistive device within the circuit will reduce current flow.

I agree. Photons exist only at c or not at all. This curious phenomenon is not seen elsewhere in nature(to my understanding that is) However, that fact that a photon has no "rest mass" helps, somewhat, in our query as to how it can go from 0 to c instantaneously.

Yes it does. That's the whole idea.

Hmmm. good question.

"Time" is a quantifiable measurment of "change" Without "change" time does not, and can not, exist... Think about that for a few minutes :)

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