On Jan 11, 10:06*pm, Richard Clark wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:51:07 -0800 (PST), Keith Dysart

wrote:
If you cannot identify the source, then you cannot proclaim a
separation.

That is hardly difficult. If no energy every crosses
the middle of the line,

Hi Keith,

If indeed. *

The difficulty is *you've already allowed that the energy is not
tagged, so its source is unknown at the load. *So "if" fails through
this immutable correlation. *The separation is not demonstrated.

Take two flashlights.
I claim that the energy for the light produced by each
originates in the battery in each flashlight.
Is your claim otherwise?

Connect the negative terminals of the batteries together.
I claim that the energy for the light produced by each
still originates in the battery in each flashlight.
Is your claim otherwise?

Connect the positive terminals of the batteries together
through an ammeter. For the purposes of this experiment,
the batteries have exactly the same voltage so the ammeter
indicates that no current ever flows between the batteries.
I claim that the energy for the light produced by each
still originates in the battery in each flashlight.
Is your claim otherwise?

...Keith