Originally Posted by
JollyPopper
One of his contributions was a system on broadcasting electricity through that air just like radio waves, making it either free or damned cheap. But the power companies somehow thwarted
It was just like when a guy invented a complex rotary carburetor that made a v-8 run in the 100 mpg area but the gasoline companies swooped in and silenced the inventor with money and the patent was never seen again and all of the prototypes taken. There isn't much money in progress apparently.