art wrote:
If I have a 20 foot barge pole in my hand
and I poke somebody with it heat is generated
at the other end of the pole. There is no energy
left in the pole!

Actually Art, there is plenty of energy left in
the pole. The kinetic energy may be gone but the
potential energy and atomic energy are still
there. Remember e=mc^2?
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com