TO ELECTRICITY FAQ Whats the difference between static and current?
TO ELECTRICITY FAQ Why does the electric company bill us, since it takes back all of the electrons it gives us? The electric company does NOT sell electrons. Instead, it only pumps electrons. It pumps the movable electrons which fill the wires. The electrons are provided by the atoms of the copper. You pay for a pumping service! Also, since power lines use AC, the electrons really don’t move much at all. Instead they sit in one place inside the wires and vibrate back and forth. (It’s somewhat like sound: the sound waves move fast, but the air molecules just vibrate back and forth without flowing forwards.) Imagine this: if electric motors and generators had never been invented, then the “Power Company” could use water instead. The water would be inside a long, long loop of hose, and when the “Hydricity Company” pumped the water, you could attach their hose to a water motor, and the motor would turn. The water inside the hose would serve as a long drive belt. The water would stay inside
