[SGVLUG] Off-topic - home guerrilla solar systems

[Emerson, Tom (*IC)]

In the words of Foghorn Leghorn, "It's a joke, son -- you're supposed to
laugh" ;)

> -----Original Message----- Of David Lawyer
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:56:18AM -0800, Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
> > 
> > After all, consider "AC", ...
> > -- this is the biggest "scam" of them all[...]
> > current flow changes, which means that the power company is selling 
> > you THE EXACT SAME ELECTRON OVER AND OVER AGAIN ;)
> 
> The power Co. is not selling electrons by themselves which 
> are nearly worthless.  The are selling electrons at a voltage 
> which is potential energy per unit charge.  100 volts is 100 
> Joules per Coulomb of electrons, moved across the 100 volt 
> potential.  And if you have 2-wire electric service, the 
> potential exists between the two wires. So when the electrons 
> flow across the potential they do work.  So it makes no 
> difference whether or not the electrons are the same ones or not.
> 			David Lawyer