Why do electrons always move?

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A potential difference has to be applied to a metal for free electrons to move from the negative to the positive terminal:-
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circuits/Lesson-2/Electric-Current
The reality is that free electrons are still moving when no voltage is present at the 2 ends of a wire:-
https://theworldnews.net/ng-news/a-new-energy-source-electro-centric-energy
Now, is it because of electro-centric energy that electrons always move? I don't know if this is correct?
Whether in vacuum inside a CRT, or in a metal, a potential difference has to be applied for free electrons to move from the negative to the positive terminal.

However, the reality is that free electrons are still moving when no voltage is present at the 2 ends of a metal conductor. In this case, a free electron moves without direction, and not from the negative to the positive terminal:-
Electrons in a conductor

And of course, it is only a particle with energy that can move, and more so, a particle which continues to move despite the drag it experiences due to other particles all around which interfere with its motion:-
https://theworldnews.net/ng-news/a-new-energy-source-electro-centric-energy

Now, is it because of electro-centric energy that electrons always move? It seems as if that's why electrons never lack energy.
If it is not, then why exactly do electrons always move?
 

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Like molecules in gas, free electrons do thermal motion in metal with its speed depending on temperature.
 
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Now, is it because of electro-centric energy that electrons always move? I don't know if this is correct?

It's not. It's crackpot nonsense.
 
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Nothing more to say.

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