Mar 23, 2009 0
repowering america
Currently, our power grid is operated by people. Mechanical switches. Telephones. Blackouts are unknown until someone calls it in. The sources of our power are centrally located, single locations providing power to vast territories. Having such serious power centrally located is extremely dangerous.
The recent major blackouts on the East Coast and Silicon Valley in the West Coast of the United States are examples of how this system is reaching its maximum capacity and is failing on us.
President Obama has called for an overhaul of our grid and a transition to an automated, widely distributed energy delivery system. In this system the electricity will flow both ways. Allow me to explain why this is important and how it works.
