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To: allmost
Yes they are. It's called electromagnetism for that reason.

Magnets have the power to move electrons. They are not the same thing. In fact moving two magnets past each other creates no electricity. It creates magnetic flux. Holding a wire between two magnets creates no electricity.

Magnetism and electricity are not the same thing. There are ways of creating electricity without magnets.

43 posted on 08/16/2009 11:55:51 AM PDT by raybbr (It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
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To: raybbr
In fact moving two magnets past each other creates no electricity.

A bird sitting on a high voltage wire proves there is no electricity running through it. /s
Magnetic monopoles don't exist. The field retains it's energy in your example. Just as voltage won't flow through an equally charged state as in the bird on a wire, it must have a ground. The two forces are not separate.
46 posted on 08/16/2009 12:04:37 PM PDT by allmost
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