"SteveB" wrote in message
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I admit to being a Bush fan, but on a declining basis as he neared the end
of his term. So, I let him slide on a lot of stuff.

Today, Purple Lips said our country's electric grid was much the same as
in Thomas Edison's day. I guess he never read about Nikola Tesla or
alternating current.

"Obama vowed to change what he called "a grid of lines and wires that dates
back to Thomas Edison - a grid that can't support the demands of clean
energy.""

http://www.grandforksherald.com/ap/i...w&id=D96DKQR82

The three-phase grid that was being put in place at the end of Edison's life
has not changed that much- it certainly has changed a lot since Edison's
first power plant on Pearl Street and DC distribution system. In the early
days, Edison clung to his belief in DC and even electrocuted an elephant
with a Westinghouse AC generator to demonstrate the dangers of the
"electrocutioner's current".

http://www.srobbin.com/2006/10/26/th...g-an-elephant/

So I guess it hinges in part on what you consider Thomas Edison's day. Also
consider that this is part of a speech and referencing Samuel Insull's day
or Nikola Tesla's day wouldn't work too well.