Energy

[reverendjeremiah]

Energy is a modification. The best way that I explain to my electrical apprentices is that "Energy is movement". In the case of electricity, it is the bumping of valence electrons in one direction (direct current) or 2 directions (Alternating current)

Think of your sink:

When you turn it on, did you "create" water, or was it already available and in the potential for motion?

When you turn the sink on it is slow moving. This is Voltage. If it is moving slow, the voltage is low. If it is running fast, the voltage is high.

How hot is the water? This is the Amperage. If the water is cold, there is hardly any amperage. But if the water is hot, then the amps are high. If the water is boiling then the amperage could hurt or kill you.

Lets multiply the water pressure times the temperature (Volts X Amps) and we will get the Wattage.

Watts is how we figure power for the electron. The electron is not created. It is, however, forced to move against resistance to create a load. A load is energy in action.

Relativity?

So E=MC2

E = Energy
M = Mass
C = The speed of light (motion)
2 = squared

So we have:

Energy equals the multiple of mass and the speed of light squared

This means that a small amount of mass can create a large amount of energy, and a large amount of energy can create a small amount of mass. Never destroying or creating, but merely moving from one form to another.