How near to the speed of light is the speed of electricity?
Light is VERY fast, From: http://amasci.com/miscon/speed.html “it depends on what you mean by “electricity.” “Inside the wires, it moves very, very slowly, almost as slowly as the minute hand on a clock. Electric current is like a flow of syrup. Even maple syrup moves too fast, so that’s not a good analogy. Electric charges flow as slowly as a river of warm putty. And in AC circuits, it doesn’t move forward at all, instead it sits in one place and vibrates. Energy can flow fast in an electric circuit because metals are already filled with this “putty.” If you push on one end of a column of putty, the far end moves almost instantly.
