FORCES (in ropes, rodes, etc.)

[LUDWIK KOWALSKI <kowalskil@alpha.montclair.edu>]

Is it also bad physics to say that "forces are transmitted" (when
applied through rods, ropes and pistons)?  Why yes? Why not? The "why" 
part of a reply, as pointed out by Tom, is the most important!

                                                      Ludwik Kowalski

This question was already asked by Brian, several days ago. He was 
referring to a force in a rope of a steam engine. But nobody answered.

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> Charge is substantial. It is locally conserved. It can't appear in two
> places at the same time. *Energy can*! .... Energy may be an attribute 
> of something that propagates, but there is no such thing as pure energy.

> > Conserved properties are substance-like.  Push them down in one place,
> > they pop up somewhere else, and we say that a "flow" took place in
> > between.
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