> open question: could there be a world where PoE is the standard in > electricity? I'm not quite sure what you ask, but I presume you ask if PoE could replace the 110 or 230VAC that is the today's mains standard? The very short answer is "no," not as such. The slightly longer answer is that our vision is to replace the mains AC standards in a longer run with a DC standard. Here are some pointers: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=edisons-revenge-will-direct-current-make-a-comeback-in-us http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/the-smarter-grid/san-franciscos-secret-dc-grid http://www.eniac.eu/web/downloads/projectprofiles/pp_call4_dccg.pdf http://www.siemens.com/innovation/en/news/2012/e_inno_1222_1.htm http://www.emergealliance.org http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot293.nsf/veritydisplay/b4f3f099e9d21360c1257a8a003beac2/$file/ABB%20Generations_20%20Onboard%20DC%20grid.pdf http://store.nextekpower.com/dc-grid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet http://www.ieee.li/pdf/viewgraphs/introduction_to_poe_ieee802.3af_802.3at.pdf --Pekka
