Consider this:
   Had DC won over AC:
   a) Battery technology would be ahead by 100 years, instead of
   stagnating for decades due to the dominance of electric
   b) battery powered cars would be a common reality by now.
   c) The oil/coal it takes to boil the steam to move the
   generators to make the a/c wouldn't be as commonplace. It's
   likely our dependence on oil/gas might have been curtailed had
   we gone to DC

   Yet at the same time:
   Electric is to thank for a lot of our progress - EVEN THOUGH the
   majority of household appliance internally *WORK ON DC* -
   including my laptop.

   Food for thought.

   Tesla's reputation as "unrecognized genius" is a bit
   over-stated. He was an interesting man but I honestly don't
   understand the devotion so many have to him and I have a number
   of friends who are Tesla devotees, so I get to hear about it
   frequently.