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...advances in national energy efficiency - and controlling carbon emissions - simply by improving the grid, before we even begin to clean up our energy sources. The key is to add 21st century speed and intelligence (i.e., the Internet) to the 20th century infrastructure of the power grid - voilà, a "smart grid." The result would be a system that allows power utilities to remotely detect and respond to outages; that lets consumers program their appliances to use electricity when it's most abundant, allowing power companies to reduce waste; and through which new sources of alternative power could be channeled into...
...need an upgraded electrical grid to take full advantage of the vast renewable resources in this country," Vice President Joe Biden said last week in Jefferson City, Mo., outlining a $3.3 billion Department of Energy plan to develop smart-grid technology...
...point at Heartbreak Hill, one guy yelled ‘You must be wicked smart!’” Siegel said...
...they are smart, China's political leaders in Beijing will force its military to respond in kind. Prior to the festivities in Qingdao this week, Admiral Gary Roughead, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, visited his counterpart in Beijing, Vice Admiral Wu. There, the two talked up the two nation's cooperation in combating Somali pirates, but that wasn't the real point of the meeting. For years, the Pentagon has been frustrated by China's secrecy over its military budgeting and its intentions. The U.S. brass simply doesn't believe Beijing when it says its defense spending...
...hawks that Washington does indeed see Beijing as an enemy. The Gates budget can change that dynamic - if China now responds, and levels a bit more with the outside world about its military. Big anniversaries come and go, but moments like this arise only rarely. Is the Chinese leadership smart enough to seize...