In recent years, a great concern has been instigated over the extensive use of energy, the limited supply of resources, and the pollution of the environment from the use of present energy conversion systems and fuel consumption insufficient techniques. Electrical power accounts for much of the energy consumed. Much of this power is wasted during transmission from power plant generators to the consumer. The resistance of the wire used in the electrical grid distribution system causes a loss of 26-30% approximately of the energy generated. This loss implies that our present system of electrical distribution is only 70-74% efficient, which is really alarming. Nikola Tesla (1) is best known for his remarkable statements regarding the wireless transmission of electrical power. His first efforts towards this end started in 1891 and were intended to simply "disturb the electrical equilibrium in the nearby portions of the earth... to bring into operation in any way some instrument." In other words the object of his experiments was simply to produce effects locally and detect them at a distance.

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