Why are so many power stations named after Edison, when he hated alternating current?

Question

Thomas Edison believed that all future power stations should use direct current, not alternating current. To demonstrate his point, he would electrocute people's pets using AC to show how dangerous it was! He even electrocuted an Elephant! It was his rival, Nicola Tesla, who invented the modern AC generator and advocated alternating current. Why don't we have ConTesla instead of ConEdison?

Answer 1

Actually it was James Westinghouse that brought AC to the forefront of power transmission systems, Tesla only invented it!
Edison despised Westinghouse only because Westinghouse thought up the solution first...
But Edison designed the infrastructure of an electrical distribution system, perhaps that's why!

And technically, Edison was right, as it related to power efficiency. Consider 95% of devices use DC power, AC is only useful as a transmission method over great distances, and considerable energy is lost through heat in transformer operations.

Answer 2

Because Edison owned the companies like GE and others. Tesla never got into the big business end.

Answer 3

Money and politics.