The forces of electricity and charge are important both in the macroscopic world (the world we live in,) and the microscopic world (the world of atoms and molecules). In our everyday lives know that we are turning chemical energy stored in coal to electrical energy (at the power plant just over the Dames point bridge) and we then turn the electrical energy to heat (thermal energy) and light (radiant energy). In the microscopic world, the atoms and molecules are held together by electrostatic attraction.