Folks sniff at DC. Well, yes, that DC too :=) I mean the other DC; the low-tech power of direct current.
Fair enough. Here's the story of the War of Currents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents
I'm a big fan of Low-tech Magazine (free online), produced out of Barcelona, Spain.

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com
This post is to promote Low-tech Magazine and to marvel at its editor's low-tech, DC-powered apartment office. More below.

Hello resilient friends, I would like to introduce to you Low-Tech Magazine: Doubts On Progress and Technology, one of the most resourceful (stuffed with resources, in fact :=) free online magazines out there.
Here is today's email delivery: an intriguing article on the return of DC power and it's potential. An extract and the link below.