Just like in politics, a lot of that opposition was manufactured by PR. Apparently Edison's company publicly executed an elephant using AC current to show the "

Just like in politics, a lot of that opposition was manufactured by PR. Apparently Edison's company publicly executed an elephant using AC current to show the "dangers of AC". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocuting_an_Elephant