We might still have to wait a while for the Google washing political machine - but GE as we know is also a huge player in vigour substructure , which makes famous theirannouncementof a partnership with those ceaseless innovators at Google to develop our gemstone - age storage-battery grid . If ( if ) we somehow do determine ourselves with an presidency in January that unfeignedly moves forward with forward - thinking energy architectural plan , we do n’t require to losing a huge percentage of our refreshful new juice to our inefficient storage-battery grid , most parts of which date back to the disco era . A new chic grid will be able to handle plug - in hybrids in prominent numeral , increase efficiency , and not be well tip by small problem that then cascade into mini - disasters , as was the case in the Northeast blackout in 2003 . It will also ensure that superpower from alternate sources ( solar , wind ) will be able-bodied to be convey to where it ’s require most , around the land . For more on voguish grids , thislengthy SciAm articleis a honest read . [ NYTimes ]
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