It's actually static electricity not energy. Below is an illustration.
You rub your feet against a carpet say. Your shoes scrape a clump of electrons off the carpet. The atoms that now miss their electrons are hungry for replacements.
They easily suck up electrons from fellow atoms in the carpet. It's easier to do that for them because if you are moving you aren't in one spot long enough for the carpet electrons to grab your newly "stolen" electrons and pull them back into the carpet.
What is Static Electricity?
Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material or between materials.
The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge.
What are Electrons?
The electron is a subatomic particle whose electric charge is negative one elementary charge.
Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family, and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no known components or substructure.
What are Atoms?
An atom is the smallest unit of ordinary matter that forms a chemical element.
Every solid, liquid, gas, and plasma is composed of neutral or ionized atoms. Atoms are extremely small, typically around 100 picometers across.
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