Abstract
I will present a refutation of Frisch's (2005, 2008) inconsistency claim. Using the proof by Kiessling (1999), I will show that Classical Electrodynamics (CED) can be applied consistently and can preserve energy conservation to the problem of charged, accelerated particles. This refutes the core of Frisch's inconsistency claim. Additionally, I will argue that Frisch's proof and the resulting debate is based on a comparison of different, approximate, explicit solutions to the Maxwell–Lorentz equations. However, in order to be informative on the foundations of CED, an analysis would have to be focussed on the Maxwell–Lorentz equations as coupled system of equations.
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