Electricity in Batteries
Why does electricity stay inside of batteries?
———- from Steve of The Internet
Electricity is an unusually fearful creature. It hides inside batteries, longing to go outside but lacking the courage to do so. Fortunately, flashlights and portable radios give electricity the outlet it needs. The timid little electrons glow or “shout” as they leave their self-imposed cages. Of course, the batteries are eventually emptied and, like parents who are no longer needed by their offspring, they feel cold, dead, obsolete. Nowadays they have new re-chargeable batteries, but they don’t really ever fully re-charge. No, their only joy is in watching electrons whoop and glow as they leave the nest. It’s all downhill from there, anyway. But that’s entropy for you.
Electricity is an unusually fearful creature. It hides inside batteries, longing to go outside but lacking the courage to do so. Fortunately, flashlights and portable radios give electricity the outlet it needs. The timid little electrons glow or “shout” as they leave their self-imposed cages. Of course, the batteries are eventually emptied and, like parents who are no longer needed by their offspring, they feel cold, dead, obsolete. Nowadays they have new re-chargeable batteries, but they don’t really ever fully re-charge. No, their only joy is in watching electrons whoop and glow as they leave the nest. It’s all downhill from there, anyway. But that’s entropy for you. 