Could Edison's DC Save the Planet? #shorts #science

You’re likely familiar with the “war of the currents” that gripped America in the 1880's – when inventors Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse (with a teensy bit of help from some chap named Tesla) tussled over how best to harness electricity. Whilst the former favoured a system called “direct current” (DC), the latter championed “alternating current” (AC) and - **spoiler alert** - AC won.

But maybe Westinghouse’s AC didn’t win the war, after all – just the first battle...

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