The problem is inefficiency. Power drops with the square of distance. That means you need a bigass transmission source to get a small amount of power any distance away, hence why things like FM stations have 5 digit wattage transmitters.
Yes we have been able to transmit power wirelessly for a long time, no it is NOT practical or efficient. If you are enthralled with Tesla, spend some time reading some actual books on him, not just the silly piece by the Oatmeal. He was a fascinating man and worth your time to learn about, but you need to learn about him if you want to go spouting off.
He didn’t invent some magic transmission technology we can’t replicate, he invented an inefficient transmission technology that we can replicate, but don’t, because he was not able to solve the efficiency problems (and it may not be physically possible to).
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Wireless Power Over Distance: Just a Parlor Trick?
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