Chapter 105 I say I have the power
Both voltages are lethal to the human body, so Edison's standard is almost as good as no safety. Since both are lethal, it doesn't matter whether they are safe or not. The voltage is also lethal to the human body. The only difference between Edison's standard and Tesla's standard is that it delays the damage by 100 milliseconds compared to 220V. So there is no question of which one is safer.
However, Edison's standard has huge losses on the transmission line. That is, the United States has no bad land and the population pressure is not big. If it is changed to other populous countries, the population is very large, and many voltages are output at 220V, but when it reaches the user, it is only a few V. If 110V is used, it is estimated that there will be no electricity when it reaches the user.
The line loss alone is already a huge loss. In fact, if the United States had not been a world hegemon in the future, it could only rely on its own domestic resources for development. Edison's voltage standard alone increased manufacturing costs a lot.
It's not that private capital cannot lead national construction, but this kind of leadership is often only once. Once the standard voltage is determined, it is almost impossible to repeat the construction a second time. Using national power to continuously renovate infrastructure is a model limited to countries influenced by the Soviet system. Businessmen in the United States have to consider costs.
Therefore, Sheffield did not want to use the mainstream standard of the United States influenced by Edison. Tesla's voltage standard could save materials and reduce promotion costs. It was more suitable for the southern states with a much smaller population but not much smaller area.
There is no harm for the time being, but the benefits are already visible. Sheffield would be stupid not to use Tesla's standard. After consulting with legal counsel, Sheffield knew that there was no unified voltage standard in the United States, so there was nothing to stop him as a law-abiding businessman.
"Mr. William, I really don't know how to thank you!" After learning about Sheffield's thoughts, Tesla, who had always been calm, showed emotion on his face for the first time.
If Tesla had only considered Sheffield as one of his sponsors, and even if he had not compared Sheffield to Morgan, the banker who suppressed him, he had not looked up to this young rich second generation. Tesla, who had been in the United States for nearly ten years, had known the nature of businessmen in the United States. Their primary goal was to make money, and scientific progress did not have much appeal to them.
The voltage proposed by Tesla obviously has more advantages. It is only more dangerous than Edison's standard in terms of safety. However, Edison's standard is also fatal to humans, which is not a problem at all. However, he himself suffered unfair treatment, which made Tesla indignant.
"Those bastards in New York are nothing, they don't even know how to worship money! They lose their way after hearing a few words from some public opinions. It's safest to be without electricity, but it's unsafe as long as there is electricity." Sheffield sneered. The example of Tesla and Edison in the United States today is actually the Soviet Union's Lysenko incident in the electrical field.
The Lysenko incident caused huge losses to the Soviet biological community. After Edison's voltage standard became the standard of the United States, the potential impact on the United States was equally huge. It's just that the United States is the world hegemon in later generations, and it can withstand it because of its large scale. However, if you pay attention to the electrical field, you will know that the United States' power grid is really not efficient.
The promotion of Tesla standards is of course for themselves, with stronger voltage and lower losses, or for the sake of their hometown. In terms of industrial raw materials, the South is indeed not comparable to the North. If they don't think of ways to make up for their disadvantages in other areas, what will happen?
But Sheffield's disdain had a different meaning in Tesla's eyes. Tesla certainly liked money, otherwise he wouldn't have founded his own company. At the same time, the difference between him and Edison was that he was really focused on his own field, which was very similar to Musk, who later founded Tesla Motors and was also an admirer of Tesla.
Musk is not the American version of Jia in many people's eyes. His professional ability is much stronger than that of LeTV's CEO. The first payment software was promoted by Musk, and Jack Ma also has to call him a senior.
Although Tesla liked money and hoped to make a profit by running a company, after being suppressed by Edison, his pursuit of money had faded a lot, but his pursuit of fame had not disappeared. Sheffield supported Tesla's voltage standard, which made Tesla feel warm and admired Sheffield. This was a businessman who truly promoted technology and benefited the public.
For Tesla now, being able to reverse unfavorable public opinion is more important than making money, so it is so excited about Sheffield's promotion of the standards it advocates.
"This is the truly correct standard. I am a businessman and naturally I want to make a profit, but I like the best things and don't like the shoddy stuff from the Yankees!" Sheffield got carried away with success and lost control of his mouth. He opened his mouth out of habit and disgusted the Yankees.
Tesla simply had no sense of belonging on the North-South issue. When he immigrated to the United States, he was already an adult and had his own understanding of the world. He disliked the conflict between the North and the South and did not want to get involved.
After parting with Rockefeller Jr. in Pennsylvania, Sheffield took Anne and the Tesla team south. Before the election started and the Democratic Party was still in power, he traveled all over the place, to Europe and the North, and spent half of his time on the road. It was time to take a break.
Rest is also a luxury. New Orleans is still organizing people to go overseas to fight corporate wars, and Texas is still preparing for the sports meeting to select athletes.
"Gail and McHale are overthinking. We can bribe the high-ranking officials of these small countries and set up machine guns to shoot all the protesters. What's so difficult about that?" Sheffield, who Tesla saw as an outstanding businessman who benefited the public and helped him with all his strength, took a sip of coffee and said to John Connor viciously, "Our own government should have suppressed the gangsters who blocked the country's development. We should not take direct action if we can. Our target is our competitors. We should each take care of our own business. The government should handle government affairs, and private affairs should be handled by private individuals. God's affairs belong to God!"
After John Connor finished speaking, Martin, a black man, said respectfully, "Many people have heard that everyone has the right to participate in the games, and they are coming from all over, hoping to try their luck."
"Hey! Not everyone has the right!" Sheffield and Anne smiled at each other and held out their hands, saying, "I am the organizer of this sports meeting. Only when I say they have the right do they have the right."
"Hehe!" Anne smiled and leaned on Sheffield's shoulder and agreed, "You're right, William!"
(End of this chapter)
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