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TESLA ELECTRICIlY GENERATION EXPERIMENT-PART 2 by Anthony Hansen I n the last issue of NEXUS (vo!.2#25), I mentioned briefly Nikola Tesla's work at Colorado Springs which, even today, is nOl really appreciated nor, in most cases, even !known. The big question is: What was Tesla up to at Colorado Springs? I believe if you look at Tesla's work it is obvious that he placed a high priority on energy, especially clean power. This is evidenced by his efforts which ultimately resulted in one of his finest energy supply systems: the world's first power station using clean, re usable power, namely, Niagara Falls, which is a permanent monument to Tesla. Having made this a reality, he reaUsed there was possibly one inheren~ about. What it means is the following: ond, on the equator. Could the Earth be a I. No need for power transmission lines. giant rotary generator with a north and 2. Telephone communication can be south pole and apparently full of electrici done using the Earth as a conductor. ty? In other words, every rotary generator 3. Radio, television, fax, etc. can be sent is a miniature replica of the Earth. through the Earth. A final comment on this. There have If one reflects on the previous examples been many accoUnts of lightning leaping it can be see.n that, once implemented, it from the ground up to the sky. This clearly means a giant step forward for communica shows that the Earth is charged to a very tion and power use. high potential or voltage. The other matter to consider is: Why is So, we have been standLng on, Iliving on, the system not in use? All [ can say is, travelling about on the Ultimate communi you, as the reader, must reach your ,own cation and power system without ever, in conclusion. Some of you may say, most cases, being aware of this. "Perhaps it does not work." If so, I dis Another consideratiQn of the greatesl agree, for the following reason: importance: Can we continue to bum fossil The Earth has been used for a Iiong time fuels and destroy this most wonderfu] plan as a return cond.u.ctor in systems such as et, our only home? Everyone is aware of telegraph circuits. It is also interesting to how serious these realities are. note that the return circuit has much less Tesla was very concerned, and did his flaw in this resistance than the telegraph supply line. best to correct these problems. otherwise near-perfect power supply sys H is also more or less well known that, I consider all these problems are a test tem. This is, as Tesla pointed out, the use given half a chance, electricity will always for mankind-and until we solve these of power lines to distribute the power to flow ba'ck to Earth, liKe water flowing problems on Earth, we will never conquer areas wh,ere it is required. Obviously, downhill!. The water, if it can, would even distant worlds in the intergalactic medium power lines do this quite well-except for tually flow back to the world's oceans. As which, I believe, is mankind's trile destiny. the following objections: surely as the world's r---,;"---.---:-;;-...,.--,;.....,,=,,.-,;;:--c---~--.,..--.......,."""c-::---,------, 1. The cost to supply and install power transmission lines is expensive, and a lot of maintenance is required. 2. There are very real dangers to do with radiation from power transmission lines which have been well-documented, with new horror stories emerging practically every month-especially as the operating frequency is 50/60' cycles, which Tesla never wanted used. 3. They are unsightly systems to view and could be classed as visual pollution. 4. In spite of Tesla's high-voltage trans mission methods-which are very good compared to earlier DC transmission sys tems-they still require quite a lot of power to drive the system. By this I mean there is still a lot of resistance in the power trans mission system. The end result is a waste of power.. TesJa was most aware of this, and after a lot ot' thought and research came to one of his most profound discoveries: that the Earth is a far better cOllductor of electricity than any transmission line. The above statement should be thought JUNE - JULY 1995 oceans are the reser- I~, .• '. ", '" I voir of water, I believe the Earth is the original reservoir of electricity. Let's consider this another way. When lighthing strikes the Earth, what happens? One of the basic laws of physics is that energy is neither cre ated nor destroyed. WeIll, if this is the case, the Earth pre sumably stores this energy. Another way to consider this is the following. We live on a p~anet that ,is ap,proltimately 9,000 inIles in diameter. We are moving at 1,200 miles per hour, or I, 100 feet per sec- NEXUS • 53