Stormin Mormon wrote:
Something in the dim recess of my memory, AC is much more dangerous,
which is why Thomas Edison wanted to make only DC power plants. But,
DC doesn't travel down the wire very far. And, so AC won out for
power transmission, cause it goes farther. Parts of NYC used to have
a power plant every couple blocks, with DC power being supplied to
the people.


DC is the method of choice these days for long distance transmission. Back then,
converting to high voltage DC wasn't so easy. Converting AC was.

Edison seemed to have a strong opinion, not well based in facts, perhaps.