> Today, DC is common in small 'islands'. I'll take those 'islands' to include examples you mentioned. Outside such specific cases, advantages of AC usually o

> Today, DC is common in small 'islands'. I'll take those 'islands' to include examples you mentioned. Outside such specific cases, advantages of AC usually outweigh advantages of DC. Or: DC dis advantages outweigh those of AC. Especially safety related. In short: AC will stay for utillity scale & in-home power distribution. Regardless of history. But within eg. a solar farm, or a vehicle, yes DC may be more practical. And thus... used there.