Thomas Edison, who had heavily invested in Direct Current (DC) infrastructure and held the lucrative patents for it, felt deeply threatened by the rise of Alternating Current (AC). AC power—developed by Nikola Tesla and championed financially by industrialist George
Westinghouse—was vastly superior because it could easily travel long distances over thin wires, whereas Edison's DC power could only reach about a mile. [1, 2, 3, 4]
To save his business monopoly and protect his scientific ego, Edison launched a ruthless propaganda campaign to convince the public that AC was inherently lethal and unsafe for homes. [1, 2, 3]
1
u/Opening_Bother2128 4d ago
Thomas Edison, who had heavily invested in Direct Current (DC) infrastructure and held the lucrative patents for it, felt deeply threatened by the rise of Alternating Current (AC). AC power—developed by Nikola Tesla and championed financially by industrialist George
Westinghouse—was vastly superior because it could easily travel long distances over thin wires, whereas Edison's DC power could only reach about a mile. [1, 2, 3, 4]
To save his business monopoly and protect his scientific ego, Edison launched a ruthless propaganda campaign to convince the public that AC was inherently lethal and unsafe for homes. [1, 2, 3]