Re: There's work, and then there's work

[Bob LaMontagne <rlamont@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU>]

David Rutherford wrote:

> Bob LaMontagne wrote:
> >
>
> > Also, since the negative electrons are the only feasible current carriers available to
> > actually travel through the wires, it's a rather mute point.
>
> Then what happens to the positive charges on the other plate? Aren't
> they affected by the potential difference between the plates? If not,
> why not?

I think the only meaningful response is that the direct measurement of the energy dissipated
through the resistor demonstrates that the positive charges on the other plate simply do not
contribute to the process. Again, they do not move as the potential changes, so no work is done
on them - which is the point often argued on this email list.

Bob at PC