Nikola Tesla and the Conspiracy Against Water-Powered Cars

Zaron Burnett III
24 min readMar 21, 2017
In 1899, Nikola Tesla takes notes in his laboratory, as high voltage electricity arcs from his “magnifying transmitter”

When water-powered car inventor Stanley Meyer sat down to lunch, he never expected the unwelcome surprise of death. But just like pregnancy or the IRS tax man, death doesn’t care about your life plans. It was the third Friday in March, the year was 1998. John Travolta was on the cover of Time magazine, made-up to look like Bill Clinton. The Big Lebowski and Wild Things were playing at the…

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Zaron Burnett III

writer, story editor, essays & short stories at Medium, and always in the mood for donuts