Almost all energy is potential energy really. Motion is potential as it depends of the reference frame, voltage is potential.
Just because you can measure it doesn't mean it's not potential, you can measure gravity, magnetic fields, motion... The one exception that I can think of is light (or em waves) they seem to be inherently energy, although how much depends on you motion relative to the light (60 hz VLF could be cosmic rays to your POV if you were moving fast enough) heat is of course just a form of motion. On 2/2/07, Michel Jullian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Paul, 1/ If you think the potential vs potential energy remark was just humor, you are showing great ignorance. Look up the definition of voltage = electric potential: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_potential "Electric potential is the potential energy per unit of charge associated with a static (time-invariant) electric field, also called the electrostatic potential, typically measured in volts." and then tell me if you click "voltage" and delete it too :) 2/ You seem to be eluding my question wrt the formulation of KE in terms of work (below). Click "everything that doesn't fit" and delete it? Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 1:34 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]: electricity question > ... I got the humor in your previous post. ... > > All in all the third way: > > > > Kinetic energy change = Work done by the forces > > > > seems the most sensible to me as it is universal (functions with all > types of forces), it is not 'potential', and it is also the most > fundamental since fields are defined from forces, not the other way > round as is commonly thought. > > > > How does the work approach fit with your violation theory? > > > > Michel
