On Mar 5, 1:58*pm, Cecil Moore wrote:
Keith Dysart wrote:
Thus conveniently showing that for this example, the reflected
power is not dissipated in Rs.

The *average* reflected power is certainly dissipated in Rs
because there is nowhere else for it to go. Your instantaneous
power, according to Eugene Hecht, is "of limited utility" which
you have proved with your straw man assertion above.

Hecht seems to have sufficient reputation that I trust that he made
this statement in the context of optics and not in the context of
electrical circuits.

I have made no assertions about instantaneous power. All of
my assertions have been about average power and you have proved
none of my assertions about average power to be false.

True. But analysis using instantaneous power reveals a different
answer.
Which is more likely to be correct?

Here is what you are doing:
Cecil: My GMC pickup is white.
Keith: No, your GMC pickup has black tires.

Your diversions are obvious. Instantaneous power is irrelevant
to my assertions.

Only if you give up on conservation of energy in instantaneous flows.

...Keith