[XBob]

41 - "TESLA was the genius behind Alternating Current; Edison stubbornly insisted Direct Current was better."

There seems to be some substance to this argument, since Edison's original light bulbs in his lab are still burning, without interruption some 80+ years later.

[templar]

There seems to be some substance to this argument, since Edison's original light bulbs in his lab are still burning, without interruption some 80+ years later.

The increased longevity of a light bulb doesn't offset the line loss of DC transmission over long distances or the problem with a short circuit burning the line out all the way back to the generator instead of just at the point of contact (among others).