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Thursday, 04/03/2014 12:05:23 PM

Thursday, April 03, 2014 12:05:23 PM

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Edison killed that elephant to prove that alternating currant was deadly and that his form of direct currant was the way to go. Even if DC was a total failure for transmission over any distance. If Nikola Tesla hadn't stood his ground and proved that his new AC was safe and cheap we would walking around with flashlights.
Sometimes it's the little guy with the big idea.
That article was from 2011, they're just a couple of summers late.
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