Thomas Edison

"We burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel." (Edison)

by Hugh Piggott on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 11:22pm

"When we learn how to store electricity, we will cease being apes ourselves; until then we are tailless orangutans. You see, we should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy. Do we use them? Oh, no! We burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel. We live like squatters, not as if we owned the property.

There must surely come a time when heat and power will be stored in unlimited quantities in every community, all gathered by natural forces."

-- Thomas Edison --