Saw this today while reading a story about the prospect of electrical distribution networks failing due to heat:
When I mentioned to Candy that transformers don't "slow down" high voltage, but "step down" high-voltage to a lower voltage, she said, "it's just semantics."Transformers are critical.
Transformers “slow down” high-voltage electricity so it can flow safely into your home appliances.
Though it seems one of the great minds in the history of our nation may have had a point: "If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed." - Mark Twain
I recall many years ago an English teacher telling the class we could read our news papers to learn about proper writing. Now our newspapers are disappearing, partially because people are now used to getting much of what newspapers supplied for free on their computers or smart phone. In the past a printed newspaper was often found left at the lunch counter or on a train. In essence, it was free for many of us. Often when I was taking the train to work I would pay a quarter for the paper and leave it for the next person.
A few other folks, to whom this was tossed out for discussion, suggested it may be due to AI now doing a lot of the writing for our daily news bureaus.
jtk