-=> Quoting Scott Huffman to Joe Nicholson <=-
 SH> no.. that does not really answer the question. It skirts it. I already
 SH> know  that we need A.C. in order to utilize transformers.. I was
 SH> referring to the  fact that direct current gets attenuated at a much
 SH> greater rate than  alternating current. Every textbook since the 1900's
 SH> mentions this. But not  one of those books has ever explained.. WHY..
 SH> (according to the textbooks, if you take a DC signal, and an AC signal
 SH> of the same power and send them along a line, tha AC signal goes much
 SH> farther).
Cuz the DC current only travels in a straight line and can't rest.
AC current gets to rest from peak-to-peak. :)
(Actually, there are a lot of things we know, but we can't explain.
We know aspirin works, but we don't know how, for instance.)
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