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    1 year ago

    Red energy ad: “you can’t see it (electricity), you can’t reach out and touch it”

    Both untrue. Not sure Red energy know what they’re selling.

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      1 year ago

      you can’t reach out and touch it

      is that a challenge

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      1 year ago

      you can’t reach out and touch it

      In fact, if you get close enough, the electricity will actually reach out and touch you lol

      Red Energy’s ad department are stupid af lol

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      1 year ago

      It’s true that you can’t see electricity, though. Neither electrons in motion (electric current) nor excess charge carriers (static electricity) are visible. Visible sparks are ionised air, not the electricity itself.

      Whether you can touch electricity is a bit of a weird question. You can touch an object carrying a static charge, and you can touch a conductor. But are you touching the “electricity”? It’s a weird semantic argument.