This is the story of western business.... The tesla story when I read many books on the man summed up much. The world we see can be different and doesn't have to stay the way it is. Oh well.....
The company Tesla, Inc. was named in honor of Nikola Tesla—that part is well established, and deservedly so.
And just to tighten the timeline for folks following along:
Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded the company in 2003
Elon Musk came in shortly after as an early investor and later became the public face and driving force behind its growth
Now, where opinions start to split—and you’re tapping into it—is how the company’s direction aligns (or doesn’t) with Tesla’s original spirit of open, transformative innovation.
That’s a fair debate.
Some see Tesla, Inc. as:
Carrying forward the push toward electrification and disruption
Others feel:
It represents a more controlled, commercial version of what Tesla himself envisioned
Both perspectives have some weight depending on how you look at it.
Could wireless energy as envisioned by Tesla be technologically feasible today? And one can't help wondering if there would be health side effects in having all that energy flowing around everywhere.
This is the story of western business.... The tesla story when I read many books on the man summed up much. The world we see can be different and doesn't have to stay the way it is. Oh well.....
Excellent piece, Brother.
And, such a damned shame that Elon Musk bastardized the Tesla name.
NOTE: One of the two actual founders of Tesla, Martin Eberhard, named it TO HONOR the great Nikola Tesla.
ance—appreciate you weighing in, Brother.
You’re absolutely right on one key point:
The company Tesla, Inc. was named in honor of Nikola Tesla—that part is well established, and deservedly so.
And just to tighten the timeline for folks following along:
Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded the company in 2003
Elon Musk came in shortly after as an early investor and later became the public face and driving force behind its growth
Now, where opinions start to split—and you’re tapping into it—is how the company’s direction aligns (or doesn’t) with Tesla’s original spirit of open, transformative innovation.
That’s a fair debate.
Some see Tesla, Inc. as:
Carrying forward the push toward electrification and disruption
Others feel:
It represents a more controlled, commercial version of what Tesla himself envisioned
Both perspectives have some weight depending on how you look at it.
Spot-on, Brother.
Could wireless energy as envisioned by Tesla be technologically feasible today? And one can't help wondering if there would be health side effects in having all that energy flowing around everywhere.
Tim—this is exactly where the conversation gets interesting.
⚡ Could Tesla’s wireless energy work today?
Short answer: partially—yes… but not the way Tesla imagined it at global scale.
We already use forms of wireless power:
Phone charging pads
RFID systems
Short-range energy transfer
The science behind Tesla’s idea—resonance and electromagnetic fields—is real. That part checks out.
Where it breaks down:
Long-distance transmission loses massive amounts of energy
You’d need enormous infrastructure to make it efficient
It becomes far less practical than wires for large-scale distribution
So today’s consensus is: 👉 Wireless power works locally
👉 Global, free-flowing energy through the air? Still not practical (yet)
🧠 Now your second question is the big one—health effects
This is where people’s instincts kick in—and honestly, they’re not wrong to ask.
If you had large amounts of energy constantly moving through the air:
You’d be dealing with strong electromagnetic fields
At high enough levels, those can affect biological tissue
Heating effects, interference with electronics, and unknown long-term exposure risks become real concerns
We already see milder versions of this debate with:
Cell towers
Wi-Fi
High-voltage lines
Now imagine that… turned way up.
👉 The truth is: Any large-scale wireless power system would require strict safety limits—or it wouldn’t get approved at all.