How is AC current transmitted through power lines if it changes direction regularly after a half-cycle proportionally in the opposite direction?

Question

How does the current flow in one direction if the electrons are hoping back and forth? Shouldn’t the net current be zero?

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Answer 1

Anytime the electrons are moving they can do “work” the direction really doesn’t matter the movement does. https://youtu.be/8-glVkryAvA