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I asked the search engine, "Is DC voltage a source of STATIC power?"
Then I asked "Is DC voltage a source of NON DYNAMIC power?"

The answers are non existent, and unrelated to the question. I suppose Power could be replaced with ENERGY.
Just think of the battery in your car when answering this.
 
The whole goal is to show that there are items, that possess energy that can be released or used, and converted to dynamic energy or power. Yeah like mentioned its all about proper nomenclature I guess.
So what is the energy that stands ready in a fully charged battery? Or even a gallon of gasoline? Nomenclature please for my feeble mind.
 
The term "Static power" is nonsense. Power is the rate at which work is done, which is dynamic.

A charged battery can do a certain amount of work (also called energy), and the rate at which it is discharged is power.
This.
 
The whole goal is to show that there are items, that possess energy that can be released or used, and converted to dynamic energy or power. Yeah like mentioned its all about proper nomenclature I guess.
So what is the energy that stands ready in a fully charged battery? Or even a gallon of gasoline? Nomenclature please for my feeble mind.
stored energy or potential energy.
 
The whole goal is to show that there are items, that possess energy that can be released or used, and converted to dynamic energy or power. Yeah like mentioned its all about proper nomenclature I guess.
So what is the energy that stands ready in a fully charged battery? Or even a gallon of gasoline? Nomenclature please for my feeble mind.
You could call it chemical energy for your two examples … before or after release
 
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Power=work/time.

Static or non-dynamic energy means no work is being done. Of course, dividing by zero is a non-starter. Near infinite power means that it is applied in nearly, but not actual, zero time.
 
From AI:

Is DC Voltage a Source of Static Power?​

The term "static power" can have different meanings depending on context:

  • In electronics, static power often refers to the power consumed by a device when it is not switching or changing state, such as leakage currents in transistors7.
  • In physics or general electrical terms, "static" typically refers to static electricity—stationary charges, not a continuous flow.
  • DC voltage is not a source of static electricity or "static power" in the sense of stationary charge accumulation. Instead, it is a source of continuous, dynamic electrical power.
 
  • DC voltage is not a source of static electricity or "static power" in the sense of stationary charge accumulation. Instead, it is a source of continuous, dynamic electrical power.
Not when the battery is disconnected, there is no circuit completed external to the battery. Its just there waiting to be used.
What other item is similar to that, not including fuel or other chemical reaction, wind mill, water turbine etc?
 
Yeah, wrong terminology being used. Might be better to back up and focus on what you're trying to accomplish.

A battery or gasoline has potential energy. Some people seem to misuse/invent terms to call static what is a steady state draw without additional load. Dynamic just means the consumption changes.
 
What are you trying to to ask? Static power is nonsense.
Your sig is ironic. I once had a history teacher, 40 years ago, that was mentally ill and thought she was still a cheerleader for the highschool she taught at (despite being about 58 y/o), and she really had it in for me because I was a rebel that didn't fit into her mindset of what "good kids" are like, so she constantly gave me bad grades and was able to get away with it because she wanted all tests to be free essays where she could just write DAQ (didn't answer question) to give a bad grade, since she had no quantitative wrong answers to flag when doing this, and being an A student, I gave no wrong answers. It was her way of playing god to judge people independent of their classwork.

I bought a big sign that had the text in your sig and planted it on my desk facing her. I'm not kidding, it was a BIG sign, lol. She decided to pass me instead of having me take her class again. I think I scared her a little, but honestly, if she'd failed me, she had a reason to be... Worst teacher I ever had, usually you just expect them to be incompetent so it's DIY learning but when they enforce an agenda that has nothing to do with the curriculum, that's pathetic.

I hear there's a lot more of that going on in liberal universities these days.
 
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Not when the battery is disconnected, there is no circuit completed external to the battery. Its just there waiting to be used.
What other item is similar to that, not including fuel or other chemical reaction, wind mill, water turbine etc?
I am still a bit unsure of where you are going with this line of thinking.

Sounds like you are looking for some type of potential energy that is not chemical nor potentially kinematic (physical - water, wind, etc)?

Not sure if such a state exists short of nuclear energy.

I mean even living things at all levels (single cells to humans) use and store chemical energy (pretty interesting pathways, I might add.

The rest of man made stuff is as mentioned - from batteries, to explosions, to filling reservoirs, etc - is some variant

This is a list maybe: https://www.energybasics.org/physical-storage
 
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