Is There Alternating Current in Harry's World?

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 184215

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcorbly" <justcorbly at ...> wrote:

Barry: 
> > The whole magic/electricity business makes no sense in Potterverse.
> > The WW is entered in central London. Either WW or central London
> > should not be working. Platform 9 3/4 should prevent Charing Cross
> > station from working.

> > Consistency has to be put aside for the sake of story.
 
justcorbly:
> While I agree with that, what really motivated my original question was
> me wondering why wizards would not want to take advantage of the fruits
> of electricity, or of modernity itself?  Why wouldn't a wizard want
> to watch TV, have a refrigerator, use a laptop, use Google and send
> email, pop dinner into a microwave, etc.?  
> We can imagine that they simply prefer to use magic to do all those
> things.  But, why would they?

Geoff:
Because by using magic, they wouldn't have to get a TV licence or 
become a customer of one of the power companies. Why use email when 
you've got an owl as long as Owlsoft Explorer doesn't lose your message 
into cyberspace? And with the way that fuel and electricity prices are rising 
here in the UK, it's a good deal more economical to use magic. I suspect 
that the advantage is weighted on the side of the Wizarding World.

Just in passing, I think Barry meant Kings Cross in the comment quoted 
above. Charing Cross is a mile and a half or more from platform 9 and 
three whatsits and should be clear of the twilight zone....