As the European Union implements its Green Deal goal to be carbon neutral by 2050, governments and environmental groups are demanding cleaner cities and a reduction in greenhouse gases and other pollutants.
The analysis of the drift velocity of electrons along a conductor conjures up a picture of water sluggishly flowing along a ditch in the countryside. This is misleading. A more appropriate visualisation of the flow of charges along a conductor is that of an avalanche hurtling down a mountainside.
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