Why do electrons never stop moving?

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Electrons in conductors exhibit continuous motion even in the absence of an applied voltage, primarily due to thermal energy. This motion is characterized as random and non-directional, influenced by interactions with surrounding particles. The concept of "electro-centric energy" is dismissed as unfounded, with the actual driving force for electron movement being thermal motion, which is temperature-dependent. The discussion concludes that while free electrons are always in motion, attributing this to any form of energy beyond thermal energy is incorrect.

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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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Raz Matazz said:
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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