A question
How does electricity get to my house?
A calm, true answer. Then, if the wondering keeps going, the whole episode.
The short answer
Along a copper road. Power stations push on the electrons already sitting in the wires, and that push passes from one electron to the next like a whisper down a long line of friends, all the way to your wall.
The push travels at nearly the speed of light, which is why the lamp comes on the instant you touch the switch. The electrons themselves barely shuffle. It is the message that is fast, not the messengers.
Go deeper tonight
Electricity: The Copper Highway
The full episode, in one calm voice, with nothing that startles.
Read the guide for this one in the morning.
This connects to
Heat and energy Force and machines
One idea turns up in many different nights. Follow one and the library starts to join up.
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