On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:50:05 GMT, in message >I kinda like this
answer, especially the note on the bottom. The term Q in >the
equation seems to relate the speed to the type of material. The
speed of what, exactly? > BTW light >doesn't travel at the speed
of light (in a vacuum) when it encounters a >"transparent"
material. This is for any of you dorks who were going to try >to
tell me that electricity travels at the speed of light. Who,
precisely please, in this forum, ever said such a thing? >Posted
by killians45 on 01-26-2005 05:44 PM: >actually, I am as fast as
the speed of light... maybe a little faster... >anyhow, back to
the question. Electric current is slow moving and actually
>almost sits there and vibrates (thus exciting from one electron
to the >other). Energy flow, on the other hand, is very fast
(and yes, there IS a >difference). To say how fast is rather
hard, because the speed of the energy >flow is related to the
value of the current... small current = low speed >energy flow
and vice-a-versa. T