Dear Editor of New York paper,
The burning of a lineman was a travesty but was only one death. The death of John Feeks will make changes to the AC system. The AC system uses very high voltages and this intense voltage has to be dealt with very carefully. We will try to change the system so this will never happen again. In every modern technology there will be deaths, but the deaths from AC power don’t match the number of deaths from use of cars. If any power system should be shut down it should be DC because there were more accidents in Edison’s power plants than mine.
I morn with his family but i don’t think AC power should be shut down or limited to 300 volts. We are just reaching the pinnacle of a modern system. If AC is done away with than the world will drastically change. Every AC system currently in use will have the change to the weaker DC system. The use of DC system is not practical for everyone considering the limited area the power can be distributed.
From,
George Washinghouse
November 24, 2008 at 2:29 pm |
How woud you respond to someone who claimed you are putting profits above saftey and go on about Feek’s pregnant wife and baby who will never know its father?
November 24, 2008 at 2:41 pm |
This letter makes Westinghouse seem unethical. Your first sentence says that this is only one death… this makes Westinghouse come across as dry and uncaring. Taking Edison’s point of view, i would attack this argument, by saying that you have very little care for the public and just want to make money, and since burying wires is more expensive you would rather overlook that inconvenience to save money.