Metering.............................

     Last-minute design changes were required, however, necessitating more money.  Tesla had already obtained a second loan from Morgan, and when those funds ran out, he again approached the financier for additional capital.  In an attempt to convince the powerful Morgan to invest another large sum, Tesla explained that the tower could be used for more than transmitting radio signals - it could be used to saturate the entire globe with electricity harmless to living things so that everyone could obtain usable power by simply sticking wires in the soil.

     Morgan considered Tesla's words carefully and coldly replied, "If anyone can draw on the power, where do we put the meter?"  He refused Tesla's pleadings for more money...

-Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla:  Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century