Can you please use the non simple terminology then. I think we can cope with it.
I mean throw some mathematics on the table. If I remember you can embed LaTeX in the forum.
I throw the math on the table. What is difficult about understanding the energy under a wave peak in 3 dimensions has no negative to the central axis of rotation. I uploaded a picture explaining this at the very start. I will upload a different 1 this time with less info on it to make it easier to see.
Ask yourself does the magnetic field sine wave and electric field sine wave share a common axis?
Obviously since the mag field and elect field are perpendicular to each other and therefore they do share a common axis. The problem is these 2 dimensional waves are measuring a 3 dimensional wave in a 3 dimensional universe. Claiming this is not true is the equivalent of saying the earth is flat to me.
So as we can see any 3 dimensional wave peaks energy value only oscillates to the outside observer. The central axis observer does not have the ability to view a negative mathimatical value in either x or y axis.
In order to mathimatical cordinate a 3D wave the CNC system should be employed. Its fairly basic and works well since we can cut helical augers for screw compressors for example. If maxwells system was employed to do the same job we would need a supercomputer just to cut an inch along the z axis. The z axis is the central axis. Maxwell used degress to measure this axis. Even although its clearly a distance measurement that is commonly measured in nanometers. The term wavelength should confirm this.
In electromagnetism we say that the positive and negative components of a wave cancel out around the central axis. Unfortunately this is not the reality for plasma (or electromagnetism since it also operates in 3 dimensions), this is why we call the merging of 2 peaks loops and nodes depending on the phase the waves are in as they meet. The energy level of the wave is never opposite to the peak in the trough. It is just less energy, or more energy. This is the failure of using the negative mathimatical value to measure sinusoidal waves. Hope this helps you.