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Eh. And it's not protons that comprise moving current in a circuit. Conventions happen and sometimes we're stuck with them.



Actually, sometimes protons _do_ carry the current in a circuit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_conductor



Polarity conventions are arbitrary. "Greenhouse gas" is an analogy, one that is deliberately deceptive in order to provoke a maladaptive political response.




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