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Re: [TCML] Response to "The Question"



And a very few of them were crackpot, but Tesla worshippers can't accept
any imperfections.

On Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 7:53 PM dennis otmaskin <dotmaskin@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Exactly!
>
> On Feb 5, 2019, at 11:39 PM, Steve White <steve.white1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Like many of you, when I display my large TC, I always get the same
> question, which is "what is it good for?" Here is the answer I always give:
>
> "A tesla coil has the same practical value as golf, bowling, baseball,
> pool, football, bird watching, listening to music, car racing, attending a
> play, going to a movie, watching an air show, etc. etc. etc. It is purely
> for entertainment. It has no practical value at all beyond perhaps some
> limited form of lightning simulation."
>
> I then get no further questions along that line. I skip all the nonsense
> they may have read or heard about world-wide wireless power transmission or
> death rays.
>
> What answer do you give when you are asked "The Question"?
>
> Steve White
> Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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