What If No Electrical Grid? A. Michael Noll December 8, 2015 © 2015 AMN Alternative futures are sometimes enlightening to contemplate. Thus the need to ask the question “What if?” The specific question to be asked is “What if today’s electrical grid did not exist – it was never invented or implemented?” The alternating current (AC) system (pioneered by Tesla, Westinghouse, and Edison a century ago) was based on a centralized power plant with electrical power then distributed by wires over distances to homes and businesses. Suppose this system was never invented or implemented. Suppose a button was pushed and […]