Compare And Contrast Tesla And Westinghouse

In the end, the winner was never announced at the Columbian Exposition, because there was not any real winner. The rivalry died out after Westinghouse managed to make his company the main power supplier for the Exposition (Ghose 1). Because of this accomplishment and Tesla’s new inventions, Tesla and Westinghouse are considered the unofficial winners of the War of Currents in scientists’ minds (Nix 4). Nevertheless, the public could not care less about the winner and focused on the new effects of Tesla’s creations. At the time, the 1890s saw a great change in the way electricity worked. America saw a massive growth in the number of AC electric companies and systems after 1893 (Ghose 1). AC energy could spread electricity across distances to places that were previously without electricity (Abengoa 2). Even Edison changed many of his systems to AC to keep up with the growing trend (Ghose 1). Tesla’s way of thinking about energy would inspire more 19th century inventors to change their ways and make new discoveries. One of the more famous people who was
DC faced a sharp decline after the ‘war’ but has made a comeback since then (Lantero 3). This may be attributable to the invention of semiconductors and their ability to limit the voltage of a DC system (Abengoa 2). A study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that more appliances run on DC energy than what was previously thought (Fairley 1). AC is more prevalent but DC is the main source of power for emergency generators and the product of renewable energy sources (Fairley 1). Both are vital to society and it has become almost impossible to pick a winner. Olsen seemed to sum up this debate with this quote: “In a way, the real winner was today’s consumers who can use both AC and DC freely without having to face any of the problems of the late 19th century” (B.