Tesla was also left with the impression that the unknown voices favored this outcome and may have actually hurries the process aling by encouraging the development of internal combustion engines.
Teskanmay have been the first Human to learn about what is referred today as Glibal Warming and the Greenhouse Effect.
Tesla convinced that the voices he received were from a hostile extraterrestrial source, began a concerted effort to develop a means of power that did not use the burning of wood and fosilnfuels an energy source that was cleanand unlimited and would prevent pollutants at least man made, from filling the atmosphere and causing the retention of heat from the Sun.
Tesla was the first to become awareness ine of the most controversial subjects in conspiratorial circles today Alternative Three and the destruction of Earth.
In 1931, under the finance of Pierce Arrow and George Westinghouse a car named Pierce Arrow was selected for tests at the factory grounds in Buffalo New York.
The standard internal combustion engine was removed and a 80 HP 1800 RPM electric motor was installed.to the clutch and the transmission. The AC motor measured 49 inches ling and 30 inches in diameter and the power leads were left standing in the air. He then went ot a local radio store and purchases a handful of tunes, wires and assorted resistors. A box.measuring 24 inches lo g 12 inches wide and 6 inches height was assembled housing the circuit.
Then the box eas placed in the front seat and the wires connected to the Ir cooler brushless motor. Two rods 1/4 in diameter stuck out of the box about 3" in length.
Mr Trsla got into driver's seat pushed two rods in and stated "We now have power". He put the car I to gear ND it moved forward.
This vehicle powered by an AC motor was driven to speeds of 99 mph and performed better than any internal combustion engine of its day.
One week was spent testing the vehicle. Several newspapers in Buffalo reported the test.
Whe asked where the power came from Tesla replies "From the Ether all around us."
Several people suggested that Tesla was mad and somehow in league with sinister forces of the Universe. He became incensed, quickly removed his mysterious box from the vehicle and returned to his laboratory in Ne York City. His secret apparently died with him.
From the book
The Lost Joutnal of Nikola Tesla by Tim R Swartz
