On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 16:44:26 +0000, Paul Burridge wrote:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:18:28 GMT, Rich The Philosophizer
wrote:

Please forgive my naivete, but this is a joke, right?

It's a "thought-provoking metaphysical discussion." Care to
participate? ;-)

Well, yeah, except that it's so simple to "explain away" by just
saying that you're not paying for the electrons themselves that
are just passing through, but the energy required to get them
to do that passage.

They've got the motor, you've got the wagon. The electrons
are just a medium, conceptually indistinguishable from the
way a V-belt transfers energy.

I've said this in other FUs kinda ad nauseam, tonight. :-)

Thanks,
Rich