Our Power Grid Is Failing. What We Can Do About It?
Our power is distributed in really inefficient ways, so what's the solution? Learn about the future of Smart Grid technology here. Big Game Blackout: The Power ...
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Our current power grid is basically a giant firehose of electricity going from power plants to your house. But what if it were efficient, two-way, and let you use your neighbor's solar panels? That's the SMART GRID! Sup guys, Trace here. In 2003, a tree limb touched a high-voltage power line in Ohio causing a cascading blackout that stretched across the northeast from New York to Chicago and as far north as Ottawa, Canada. 50 million people were without power for as long as two days. The estimated cost: six billion dollars and 11 lives. You could blame the tree branch, the people in Ohio who should have trimmed it, or even the faulty alarm system, but really we should blame ourselves. The North American power grid is… well it's a mess. In 1882, Thomas Edison built the firs...
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Our current power grid is basically a giant firehose of electricity going from power plants to your house. But what if it were efficient, two-way, and let you use your neighbor's solar panels? That's the SMART GRID! Sup guys, Trace here. In 2003, a tree limb touched a high-voltage power line in Ohio causing a cascading blackout that stretched across the northeast from New York to Chicago and as far north as Ottawa, Canada. 50 million people were without power for as long as two days. The estimated cost: six billion dollars and 11 lives. You could blame the tree branch, the people in Ohio who should have trimmed it, or even the faulty alarm system, but really we should blame ourselves. The North American power grid is… well it's a mess. In 1882, Thomas Edison built the firs...
