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PamW

(1,825 posts)
7. OK - stay uninformed
Thu May 24, 2012, 02:48 PM
May 2012

The part that actually carries the energy really is just a bunch of wires.

I know that you don't want to believe that. I know you really want to believe that computers and smart technologies are all transferring energy and losing a bunch of it in the process; but that's not what reality is.

The energy itself is going through wires that can't store energy, or waste energy except through resistance.

It's basic physics - conservation of energy. If electrical energy is being lost; then it has to be converted to heat or some other form of energy.

Energy isn't just "disappearing". That violates one of the basic laws of physics.

I'm not questioning Her Majesty's Government; I believe they know what is correct. I'm questioning your understanding of what you "think" Her Majesty's Government understands.

PamW

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