Kathy Joseph

if you don't know how much electricity they're using they had to make the first meters to figure out how much electricity people were using because if you don't have a meter you just charge a daily rate and people left their lights on all day and all night and but when it started to catch on even given all of the logistics of meters and wires and poles and walls and all that did it did it happen pretty quick or was there resistance every step of the way

I still contend that after that big fair in Chicago, that just sort of, that sort of flipped the switch, if you pardon the pun, and suddenly Americans from every city were trying to build as many skyscrapers as they could to compete with Chicago, and then they need to electrify them, and every new business or every old business wanted electricity.

I still contend that after that big fair in Chicago, that just sort of, that sort of flipped the switch, if you pardon the pun, and suddenly Americans from every city were trying to build as many skyscrapers as they could to compete with Chicago, and then they need to electrify them, and every new business or every old business wanted electricity.

I still contend that after that big fair in Chicago, that just sort of, that sort of flipped the switch, if you pardon the pun, and suddenly Americans from every city were trying to build as many skyscrapers as they could to compete with Chicago, and then they need to electrify them, and every new business or every old business wanted electricity.

And after that, we had just so many light bulbs that when they invented a light bulb in Europe that could deal with higher voltages, in Europe, they could just replace the old light bulbs because they didn't have that many. In America, they had way too many light bulbs to replace them.

And after that, we had just so many light bulbs that when they invented a light bulb in Europe that could deal with higher voltages, in Europe, they could just replace the old light bulbs because they didn't have that many. In America, they had way too many light bulbs to replace them.

And after that, we had just so many light bulbs that when they invented a light bulb in Europe that could deal with higher voltages, in Europe, they could just replace the old light bulbs because they didn't have that many. In America, they had way too many light bulbs to replace them.

If you've ever noticed, you go to Europe, you have like 220, 240 volts. And in the United States, you have like 110, 120. That's because we were so advanced that we couldn't make a change to the next advancement.

If you've ever noticed, you go to Europe, you have like 220, 240 volts. And in the United States, you have like 110, 120. That's because we were so advanced that we couldn't make a change to the next advancement.

If you've ever noticed, you go to Europe, you have like 220, 240 volts. And in the United States, you have like 110, 120. That's because we were so advanced that we couldn't make a change to the next advancement.

Well, it's never been completely solved. Edison's solution was to just put coal plants everywhere. And that's not great for multiple reasons. One, you can't get electricity to the countryside. And two, you got coal plants in the middle of all your big cities.

Well, it's never been completely solved. Edison's solution was to just put coal plants everywhere. And that's not great for multiple reasons. One, you can't get electricity to the countryside. And two, you got coal plants in the middle of all your big cities.

Well, it's never been completely solved. Edison's solution was to just put coal plants everywhere. And that's not great for multiple reasons. One, you can't get electricity to the countryside. And two, you got coal plants in the middle of all your big cities.

But the solution to that has been to do transfer electricity at, like I said, high voltages, which is dangerous, but allows you to transform at long distances without losing a ton of power.

But the solution to that has been to do transfer electricity at, like I said, high voltages, which is dangerous, but allows you to transform at long distances without losing a ton of power.

But the solution to that has been to do transfer electricity at, like I said, high voltages, which is dangerous, but allows you to transform at long distances without losing a ton of power.

so that you can usually they say they step up the voltage to transform it and then to transmit it and then they step down the voltage once they get near a home or near a city so that's mostly been our solution so far we just keep on going to higher and higher voltages for the long distances to the power plants that we try to keep far away from us.

so that you can usually they say they step up the voltage to transform it and then to transmit it and then they step down the voltage once they get near a home or near a city so that's mostly been our solution so far we just keep on going to higher and higher voltages for the long distances to the power plants that we try to keep far away from us.

so that you can usually they say they step up the voltage to transform it and then to transmit it and then they step down the voltage once they get near a home or near a city so that's mostly been our solution so far we just keep on going to higher and higher voltages for the long distances to the power plants that we try to keep far away from us.

And then once they're near us, we transform them down so that they're safe to deal with or safer to deal with.