Canmore TLCC 29
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Yes, I watched that video yesterday too. Pretty amazing to learn that our boiled down version of how electricity is transmitted was wrong. Makes sense that if you are going to make a computer chip, that you need to know what Derek presented in the video.It is true that the gas within the tube will fluoresce when in the presence of a strong enough field. You can have loads of fun with some fluorescent tubes, compasses, powerful magnets, wires, or whatever else you have laying around. The world is an experimenter's toolbox.
Only yesterday, Derek Muller put up a video on YouTube that is relevant to our conversation. It's really geeky stuff, so it might only appeal the propellerheads among us. If you don't want to squander your morning watching the whole thing, jump to around 13:30. The lower wire in the diagram is you and your bike as you ride beneath the power lines.