02-03-2014, 03:23 AM
This issue goes back all the way to Tesla and Edison. Tesla designed a grid that sent electrcity wirelessly through transmission towers (see wardenclyffe), while edison designed a central power grid that used the wooden pole and cable we still see everywhere today. (Keep in mind this was the 19th century - we're in the 21st now).
So anyways how could their financeers recoup their losses from Tesla's invention? There was no way to control or meter the grid if it was wireless - so they went with Edison's model - and we've been stuck in those chains ever since. (Excluding those of us off-grid / solar)
So anyways how could their financeers recoup their losses from Tesla's invention? There was no way to control or meter the grid if it was wireless - so they went with Edison's model - and we've been stuck in those chains ever since. (Excluding those of us off-grid / solar)