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Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower was designed to transmit wireless energy across the globe, using the Earth itself as part of a massive electrical system. Backed initially by powerful financier J.P. Morgan in the early 1900s, Tesla claimed the technology could send electricity without wires, potentially making energy accessible anywhere on the planet.But according to one long standing theory, everything changed when investors realized Tesla’s vision might remove the ability to meter or sell electricity traditionally. Funding was suddenly withdrawn, construction stopped, and Tesla’s reputation began to shift from genius inventor to eccentric outsider.Supporters of the idea argue that corporate interests saw free or uncontrolled energy as a threat to emerging power industries. Whether misunderstood genius or suppressed revolutionary, Tesla’s unfinished tower still fuels debate about how far his ideas really went… and whether some inventions were simply too disruptive to survive.