How Electricity Actually Works

I think it’s great he made that video and got people like me thinking, even though it was a little misleading. In his follow up video he makes it clear that the bulb will by no means come on full strength right away, and that the early effect will still occur even if the circuit is open somewhere way out there in space. Once that was made clear I was reminded of when I first learned about transformers, how they could transfer power without any direct physical connection between the conductors. I was amazed at that, but also disappointed that they tended to be noisy and inefficient.

On another controversial claim seen in a YouTube video, the notion that you can make a wind powered car that can go down wind faster than the wind still messes with my head.

@deludedaudiophile

The wind does not spin the propeller, it moves the car whose wheels are connected to the propeller causing it to spin.

I think that’s the key concept that allows the effect to happen. It still remains difficult for me to fully visualize. It's like a very good magic trick. It won’t work if you aren’t connected to the ground. Too bad, because then airplanes with no power plant could just magically make headway into the wind!