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[–] 88 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Ad on a DC system, the electrons move dozens of times slower than a person walking. They also don't get anywhere, and power is still delivered.

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  • [–] 53 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    It's fun to calculate that from a socket to a light bulb it may take something close to a few hours for one electron to get to the bulb, but even then that's an average. Some electrons don't even get to the light bulb ever.

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  • [–] 36 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    IMO, the more interesting thing is how they are all always moving at a large fraction of the speed of light, but over any large distance, they are that slow.

    Things never cancel each other so well on the macroscopic world.

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