Comment by Waterluvian
7 years ago
I personally understand these things. I'm trying (and failing) to communicate that mechanics can be less intuitive than electricity. I regret this post. :)
7 years ago
I personally understand these things. I'm trying (and failing) to communicate that mechanics can be less intuitive than electricity. I regret this post. :)
Interesting question though. I wonder if the answer is more trivial than "mechanics is harder than electricity", perhaps the people you're explaining to don't understand electricity either. If someone is trying to understand "how does air move in only one direction in a compressor", perhaps they also don't understand "how does the electricity move in only one direction in the generator"? Could they explain why the pressure coming from the compressed air canister doesn't cause the electricity generator to run backwards?
You might be alluding to this, but I wonder if people are more prepared to mentally conceptualize electricity as a magic atomic constant: "it just works that way... so given that, of course a huge generator can produce enough power to run a large pump."