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Where does electricity come from?

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May 08, 2019, 08:57 PM
StorminNormin
Where does electricity come from?
Zeus?




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May 08, 2019, 09:03 PM
jaaron11
It was invented by Benjamin Franklin.


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May 08, 2019, 09:09 PM
jhe888
They scoop electrons out of reservoirs in buckets and pour them into the wires.




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May 08, 2019, 09:12 PM
Puckpilot78
quote:
Originally posted by stoic-one:
It comes from a can, it was put there by a man. Razz


In a factory downtown?



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May 08, 2019, 09:36 PM
darthfuster
Only the ignorant and the tyrannical want the new green deal.



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May 08, 2019, 09:41 PM
Pipe Smoker
Electricity is intrinsic to the universe:

“The permittivity of free space (a vacuum) is a physical constant equal to approximately 8.85 x 10-12 farad per meter (F/m).”

https://whatis.techtarget.com/...tivity-of-free-space



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May 08, 2019, 09:56 PM
craigcpa
The sun.


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May 08, 2019, 10:17 PM
radioman
Coal.


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May 08, 2019, 10:26 PM
BBMW
Even with Trump, coal is dying of natural causes. Fracked natgas is cheaper, and solar and wind are pecking at the edges of the market.

quote:
Originally posted by radioman:
Coal.

May 08, 2019, 10:30 PM
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May 08, 2019, 10:35 PM
slosig
You left off the correct answer: Burning coal or fossil fuel.
May 08, 2019, 10:38 PM
slosig
quote:
Originally posted by arcwelder76:
There is no electricity, everything runs on smoke. Things stop working when you let the smoke out.

I thought that was how electronics worked. Thanks for educating me that the same is true of electrics.
May 08, 2019, 11:00 PM
HighZonie
Al Gore invented it to run his internet.

Duh! Everybody knows that.




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May 08, 2019, 11:51 PM
bigdeal
quote:
Originally posted by chellim1:
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I got hung up thinking about the fossil fuel part.

About 2/3 of the electricity generated is from fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), with about 1/3 from coal.
1/3 of electricity comes from burning coal.... Eek ?
Progs hate coal.

But they love their Tesla.
Yep. I told one ridiculous Tesla owner that unless the cord he uses to charge his Tesla is plugged into a windmill or solar array, which it isn't because it doesn't take him multiple days to charge up, or into a Unicorn's ass, his car is neither emissions free nor clean. I kid you not, he couldn't grasp the assertion I was making. More proof that Tesla owners aren't that smart.


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May 08, 2019, 11:53 PM
OKCGene
The Electric Company.

I pay my bill, they send me electricity.

If I don’t pay my bill, they don’t send me electricity.

It’s really that simple.

Duh!
May 09, 2019, 01:21 AM
HighZonie
from bigdeal above ^^^^

quote:
Yep. I told one ridiculous Tesla owner that unless the cord he uses to charge his Tesla is plugged into a windmill or solar array, which it isn't because it doesn't take him multiple days to charge up, or into a Unicorn's ass, his car is neither emissions free nor clean. I kid you not, he couldn't
grasp the assertion I was making. More proof that Tesla owners aren't that smart.


I been there and done that ^^^^
Amazing how they seemingly have never thought of it.

Also, just my opinion: Investors in Tesla stock are even dumber than the owners of the cars.




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May 09, 2019, 05:40 AM
tacfoley
quote:
Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
Electricity is intrinsic to the universe:

“The permittivity of free space (a vacuum) is a physical constant equal to approximately 8.85 x 10-12 farad per meter (F/m).”

https://whatis.techtarget.com/...tivity-of-free-space


NOFAIR!!!! You beat me to it by about ten seconds.
May 09, 2019, 06:10 AM
SgtGold
Well, when a proton and an electron really like each other.....


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May 09, 2019, 06:26 AM
Cassandra
I have so wanted to have some bumper stickers made that read - COAL FIRED - and stick them on all the Tesla’s around here. But as a law abiding gun owner...


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May 09, 2019, 06:29 AM
Wishbone
We don't have any coal or nuclear power plants in Oklahoma. All of ours burn natural gas.