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In the late 1880's, trade journals in the electrical
sciences were predicting "free electricity" in the near future.
Incredible discoveries about the nature of electricity were becoming
commonplace.
Within 20 years, there would be automobiles, airplanes, movies,
recorded music,
telephones, radio, and practical cameras. For the first time in
history, common
people were encouraged to envision a utopian future filled with
abundant modern
transportation and communication, as well as jobs, housing and food
for everyone. So what happened? Where did the new energy breakthroughs
go? Was
this excitement about free electricity all just wishful thinking
that
science eventually disproved?
