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crador
10y ago
Let's start with a familiar example. The speed of sound is basically fixed, and signals caused by perturbing air molecules will propagate with this speed. This is true regardless of the gross wind conditions at play -- the speed of sou
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crador
10y ago
Don't forget about gravity as well. Interestingly, cohesion itself is caused by electric fields between water molecules due to their polarity (uneven distribution of charge, oxygen is electron-greedy). Much like a capacitor, separating
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crador
10y ago
Capacitors do store energy, in their electric field. Potential energy in general, as far as I'm aware, is stored in fields of some sort -- water turning a wheel (gravitational), tension in a spring (electromagnetic), capacitors (electr