Nikola Tesla Energy Independence Celebrations

Joe Osborne Geeks Out

by Joe Osborne

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Published: Jun 30, 2010

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One of the brightest inventors of all time, who contributed to advances in electric energy such as the alternating current, is probably better known as the namesake of a bad hair-metal band than the genius he is. But Nikola Tesla's name resonates at the Nikola Tesla Energy Independence Celebrations in Philly, set to kick off Fri., July 9 with a Tesla Birthday Bash (happy 154th!). Nikola Lonchar, president of the Tesla Science Foundation, wants to talk about why the man behind the Tesla coil has been ignored in American history and to celebrate his incredible discoveries.

"We are always asking why more people don't know about Tesla," Lonchar says. "Last year, I remember someone with a Ph.D. in physics told us that he had just heard of Tesla."

Lonchar expects this Tesla celebration to be the largest scientific conference in the country with scientists and Tesla supporters from around the nation to discuss one important idea: energy independence.

"There wouldn't be so many wars if not for the dependence on oil," Lonchar says confidently. "The scientists [of the nation] should be able to complete this project of freedom from oil."

Mark Passio, director of community outreach for the foundation, will present his own declaration of energy independence in the spirit of Tesla's goals during the conference. The purpose of the events is to get folks in the national science community interested in collaboration toward making oil an obsolete energy source. Not to mention freeing energy from our abuse, says Lonchar.

"Energy is God's gift," Lonchar says. "It does not belong to any of us."

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