Comment on Ask HN: Why is LK-99 public?parentComments−TekMol3yBut you do lose energy as current flows.When you start with 10 elecrons on the left of the wire and none on the right and end up with 5 on both sides, you lost all energy that was stored in the system.−desmond13033yThe mind-blowing thing is that electrons, as far as I understand it, don't actually flow through wires at all. If they did AC power would be pointless−actionfromafar3yWell they do but very slowly. With AC they just wiggle left and right.−htfu3yThis is some kind of a simplified view of how a battery works. It is not how an electric field functions.
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But you do lose energy as current flows.
When you start with 10 elecrons on the left of the wire and none on the right and end up with 5 on both sides, you lost all energy that was stored in the system.
The mind-blowing thing is that electrons, as far as I understand it, don't actually flow through wires at all. If they did AC power would be pointless
Well they do but very slowly. With AC they just wiggle left and right.
This is some kind of a simplified view of how a battery works. It is not how an electric field functions.