Why does abulb glow immediately even though the dirt speed electron is0.07 mm/s?

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Consider this picture: science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/inventions/newtons-cradle.htm

Momentum is transferred from one end to the other almost instantly, but the balls do not move enough to notice. It's the same in the light bulb. Current flows almost at speed of light, but electrons move very slowly.

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