But a lot of devices convert to DC internally! Would it be hard to dispose of that redundancy? It seems to me there'd be less need for a power inverter that way. EDIT - some semirelevant discussions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7730205 - in the past thread, reasoning about usage of AC vs. DC https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8071524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8071670 - DC vs. AC