Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "The Big Misconception About Electricity" video.

  1. No, this is wrong. It is not the kinetic energy in the electron that transmits energy. Electrical and Magnetic energy are different types of energy than kinetic & potential energy. There are no good analogues to compare the two. For instance, in the ball example (if you have a very large and heavy electron), the energy would be released upon the ground long before the ball would strike it. Instead, the ball would hang in the air, a very short distance from where it was released.
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  2. ​ @rs7349  The problem is that there is not real analogy between mechanical energy and electro-magnetic energy. The two are fundamentally different. In the past this was easier to comprehend than now, because of the discovery of electrons. As people think of these as tiny balls, all sorts of analogies present themselves, that all fall flat because a scaled-up electron would behave radically different then a ball of the same size. Both in its movement and its effect on its surroundings.
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  3. 9:20 "Both the electric and magnetic field flip at the same time" No, they flip one-quarter cycle from each other.
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