Does electricity always flow into the ground?

It may seem as though electricity always wants to get into the ground. But is that really the case?

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[badermohsin]

This is the best explanation of ground I have ever heard. Phenomenal video. Cheers

[noahdapp]

Oh my gosh thank you for this video, im currently studying electrical engineering and i was like 90% sure this is how it all worked. Glad this expanation confirmed it.

[bossoholic]

@MathCuriousity Its because the voltage from the downed line flows through the ground around back to its source, but there is resistance of the Earth material that causes the voltage to drop the further away, and one foot is closer (higher voltage relative to the furthest foot). When it's 1, 000s of volts with high current, that flow is deadly.

[ZeroNiteLite]

So if lightning strikes a building, does all that electricity get earthed and go back into the grid??

[BohdanTrotsenko]

What about Eels?
You're swimming in waters – surronded by the same water – yet somehow an eel can electrify you?

(I have my thoughts on this, but I wouldn't like to suggest an answer)

[MathCuriousity]

I have a question brother: what's all this about step potential then with downed power lines? if the power line isn't connected back to the source, it shouldn't shock us if its fallen. So can you confirm my thought: I am thinking that the only way we can get shocked is if the the power line touches ground, and this phase then conducts electricity into the ground, into a ground rod, into the neutral at the transformer, and then back thru: HOWEVER the only time this situation would be allowed to occur is if there is a breaker that will flip electricity off - otherwise why would electrical engineers ground the system if not for safety! So in sum: even IF the electricity could flow for a PICOSECOND, it would flip off and we don't get shocked!!! So WHY is there all this talk of step potentials and safety!? Please please explain this here, and maybe in a deeper video!

[MasterIvo]

Very interesting topic.

Earth ground, can be a voltage reference. But earth is not a conductor. as such earth is more like the dielectric material of a capacitor.
that means it can conduct current.
not conventional current but displacement current.

I made a video which will most likely will go live this weekend, whereby I measure earth ground currents flowing in and out of a resonant system, using dielectric induction.