Edison the Founder of General Electric co, (I retired from GE) was a real opportunist, and took advantage of others endeavors. Tesla was the true genius behind the AC current we use today to power everything. Tesla also was the inventor of the AC motor, Edison was convinced that the future was in Direct Current which is like you would get out of a battery or DC generator. Tesla's downfall was being convinced that power could be transmitted through the air, The error in his thinking was not knowing how much power would be required to transmit over distance. After many failed attempts he gave up on his efforts after his experiment burned on a mountain top in Colorado springs. Edison ended up stealing all of Tesla's work and a large part of GE's business today depends on the work of Tesla. Edison was able to use his DC power for driving the industrial world, Tesla's power invention actually was the radio that Marconi later got credit for. Tesla got left out of history even though he was the genius behind GE and Westinghouse.
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