In the sixth century B.C., the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus discovered that rubbing amber leads to attraction of small objects, a phenomenon now known as static electricity. Today, more than 2,500 years later, electricity plays a vital role in modern society in various domains, like communication, energy, transportation, health services, domestic comfort, industrial processes and entertainment. As a result of this electrical revolution, the world consumed about 16 billion MWh electricity in 2006, more than twice the consumption of 25 years ago, and continuously increasing.
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