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That was Nikola Tesla. He and Edison disagreed on whether long-distance power transmission should be direct current (DC) as Edison wanted, or alternating current (AC) as Tesla wanted. For some very reasonable and practical reasons, Tesla won out, and today our power is transmitted and used as AC.

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