Reported claimRated False. Tesla’s plans were for wireless electricity transmission but he was unable to make it commercially viable and the tower was demolished to pay his debts. · AAP
AAP rated the claim “The US government demolished Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower to prevent him giving free energy to the world.” False. Tesla’s plans were for wireless electricity transmission but he was unable to make it commercially viable and the tower was demolished to pay his debts..
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
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