Energy doesn't flow in wires

[Walter]

Mind blowing video about a pretty common misconception about electricity - the energy doesnt flow in wires. Nearly all of us belive that electrons carry energy around a complete conducting loop, transferring their energy to the load. Nothing could be more wrong.

 

[Lagboltz]

Mind blowing video about a pretty common misconception about electricity - the energy doesnt flow in wires. Nearly all of us belive that electrons carry energy around a complete conducting loop, transferring their energy to the load. Nothing could be more wrong.

I had a graduate course in electromagnetic theory, but it never covered electrons in a wire. So I naturally assumed that it was the electron flow that delivered energy. That video is part of a series of many other interesting topics in science and math.

This comment in YouTube got 24K likes.
"I’m so glad this video exists. I use to completely not even understand how electricity worked, and now I still don’t."
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[Real News Links]

Well, there is sure no energy flowing in you guys' wires, thats for sure