Electrification Quotes

“With the development of utility electricity for the masses in the 1900's, very few people realize that a new era of sickness and disease was unleashed that are collectively called radiation sickness.”
― Steven Magee

“The last plague before COVID-19 occurred over a century ago when there was little man-made wireless radiation, no man-made satellites or widespread electrification of homes and it lasted two years. Factoring in the environmental exposures from modern technologies, this pandemic may last much longer.”
― Steven Magee

“Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’

This was the early 1940s. The man was a farmer, speaking at a church in rural Tennessee. His farm had been electrified not long before and he was occasionally seen out there, sitting on a knoll, gazing in wonder at the lights blazing out from his house, his barn and his smokehouse.”
― Ed Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization