[BC] Happy birthday and thanks for the electricity Nikola

[Chris Gebhardt]

PeterH wrote:

> It's really an AC world, with DC having very limited applications:  
> point-to-point over very long distances; and cases where frequency  
> conversion is required, such as interconnecting a 50 Hz system with a  
> 25 or 60 Hz system.

Here's where I show how ignorant I am in DC.   I thought that AC had an 
advantage over DC when it comes to long distances, and that DC was more 
prone to dropping voltage over the length of a run.   But the opposite 
is true?

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