Chapter 127: Voltage war

How important is electrification, Sheffield actually does not know the significance of the electrification of the United States, because I have not read the relevant historical records, but the Soviets, the enemy of the United States for life, promoted the electrification and made the Russian Empire beat down by the German Empire. He knew the fact that time jumped into the second place in the world.
The rapid modernization of the Soviet Union is based on electrification, and the more popular propaganda is that upstairs and downstairs, electric lights and telephones make the imperial Russia, which has been beaten down, become a trembling existence in the free world.
This matter does not require Sheffield to personally intervene, the public opinion of the southern states is here! The Civil War was a decisive battle in the past. In the second half of the war, the south had mobilized boys over the age of 12 due to population disadvantages. The Alliance soldiers who had entered the battlefield that year were only four today. More than ten years old, is the main force of the population of the southern states.
At least until they die, this kind of hostility will be slightly loosened. Once the North and South issues are involved, they will instinctively remember that their father and brother went to the battlefield and battled against the Union Army in the north. Once the North-South issue is involved, the Dixie cannot be kept rational.
Farmers, planters and even factory owners in various states have automatically entered the role to exert their influence and exert pressure on the state governments. In the general environment, Washington is still in power in the Democratic Party. Although the Republican Party is better, it is still For an opposition party, criticism is possible, and interference is basically impossible. The opposition party has the responsibility of the opposition party, not to mention the internal opposition party, and there are many forces advocating reconciliation.
The north-south issue is a little bit out of the blue. The public opinion's momentum surprised the arsonist in Sheffield. He felt a sense of guilt that should not have appeared, but he was immediately left behind, and the Republican Party has been pulling hatred at the election time for so many years. , Can't I do it myself? Isn't it fair that you do fifteen when you are first day?
The turbulent public opinion in the southern states naturally evoked a reaction. The victorious Northern Republicans and the Yangji people in the northern states did not pay much attention to the reports of such hatred. It's enough to pay attention. It's totally acceptable for these Dixie people to make trouble. Is it not okay for others to lose?
Thirty years have passed since the civil war, and many people have lost interest in the campaign to pull hatred. When I got it, I just thought that the Democrats might be learning from the Republican Party to consolidate the election through hatred. Everyone knows that the economy has not been good in the past few years, and it should be shifting contradictions.
The first thing to stand out in public is that the American Dream representative in the heart of the citizens of the United States, the big inventor of the disability, from the bottom to the successful person, the enemy of Tesla ’s life, the advocate of DC, Mr. Edison . Although Edison and Tesla had a current battle, they had undoubtedly failed.
However, through early connections and intimate relationships with Morgan, Edison made Tesla the winner worse than the loser. Edison believes that under the cover of time, Tesla will eventually become soft and become his own shadow. Background. However, he never dreamed that someone in the United States who really dared to confront Morgan directly took Tesla's research team to the south, and soon started the electrification process.
Edison first stood up and accused Tesla of the AC power is not safe, which is of course an old accusation. And this accusation is untenable. The alternating current and voltage standards were pinched together by Edison, which is to bully ordinary citizens who have no knowledge of electrical principles.
Tesla, who has re-established the laboratory, explained the respect to Edison to the newspaper in Houston, and pointed out that AC and DC and voltage standards are not related. Edison may be too anxious, causing the newspaper to call on him. The error in content, at the same time, with the successful operation of the Nicaragua hydropower station, refuted Edison's claims.
Niagara Falls was about to build the world ’s first hydroelectric power station. The AC system was chosen for its economical efficiency and ease of manufacturing. Westinghouse handed over design and manufacturing tasks to Scottish engineer George Forbes. The latter produced a set of equipment that used three Tesla alternators. This power station was built with alternator generators and supported by Westinghouse Electric before Tesla.
And this year, the hydropower station was formally completed, and the outcome of direct current and alternating current has been determined. After discussing this, it is meaningless. Tesla began to elaborate on the second problem, saying to the reporter of the newspaper, "Broadly speaking, The huge land and population in the south do not match. Unlike the large and densely populated cities in the north, the citizens of the United States in the south are much smaller and there are not many large cities. If the voltage is 110 watts, it will cause great Waste. It is precisely because of this land-to-population ratio that a voltage of 220 watts is acceptable. "
The national conditions of the southern states are here. This kind of different Tesla did not know, naturally Sheffield instilled, of course, there is a reason. In fact, if the area of ​​the western states west of the Mississippi is not counted, the area in the south is actually larger than the area in the north. Of course, this counts as Texas.
It's just that the populations in the northern states are more densely populated, and there are not many large cities in the south. This kind of living environment is quite normal to use different voltages. Neither Sheffield nor Tesla mentioned the issue of the contradiction between North and South, as if he did not exist. Tesla really did not have this understanding, and Sheffield concealed the problem.
But for Sheffield, the benefits of citizens accepting the Tesla voltage standard have nothing to do with themselves. The biggest advantage is that if the north is 110 watts, the south is 220 watts. From the point of view of electricity loss, he can set the charging price in comparison with the electricity price of the North Yankee. You have wasted so much electricity price. I am one cent cheaper than you and I earn more than you. .
Although the initial investment is huge, the long stream of water only needs to be a little cheaper than the price of 110 watts in the north. He is the most conscientious capitalist in the eyes of citizens of the United States. Compared with other electrical companies in the North, it is definitely not Sheffield who is scolded. He will only become a representative of the conscience of the United States.
After the current war, around the safety of the voltage, Tesla and Edison once again started a lip battle. Suddenly attracted the attention of media newspapers throughout the United States and became the focus. Some rumors of disharmony in the past have also been dug up. Some newspapers today reported that Tesla behaved strangely. The next day, they dug deep into Edison ’s reputation to make the voltage war attract everyone ’s attention.