Why 3 Phase Power, Why not 6 or 12?

Power Transmission Engineer and founder of "Power Technologies Inc" Lionel Barthold Explains how 3 phase, 6 phase, and 12 phase power works, advantages, disadvantages, and hopes for the future. Rotating phases, form an anisotropic tube.
 He worked on experimental 6 and 12 phase power lines at his company Power Technologies, Inc. before it was sold to Siemens after a long successful career. The experimental polyphase lines were located in