Roy Lewallen wrote:
"Don`t you consider it a significant difference that no voltage,
current, or power would reach the load?"

No, because the example`s load is a perfect open-circuit despite Richard
Clark`s disdain for good insulators. From the shorting point all the way
back to the generator, the voltage distribution is unchanged, real short
or virtual short. (I did not say unchanging.)

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI