Overview
In the last 1800s, there was a huge battle to determine what kind of electricity would light the world. On one side of the fight was Thomas Edison, who insisted that DC would light the world; on the other was Nikola Tesla, who thought AC was the better way.
From what you know about the two forms of electricity.
Name advantages and disadvantages of each type
What sort of tactics were deployed by each side to convince people their way was better?
- Why did Nikola Tesla eventually win the war?
- What would the world be like if Thomas Edison had succeeded, and power were supplied by DC instead of AC?