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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (162912)11/8/2008 5:58:21 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favorRespond to of 306849
 
Electrifying!



To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (162912)11/9/2008 9:49:56 PM
From: John KoligmanRespond to of 306849
 
Thanks Elroy. As it turns out, Al Gore had an Op-Ed piece in Sunday's NY Times about energy and mentioned a new grid. His guess is 10 years and 400 billion to build it. Here is the excerpt...

Regards,
John

Second, we should begin the planning and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity from the rural places where it is mostly generated to the cities where it is mostly used. New high-voltage, low-loss underground lines can be designed with “smart” features that provide consumers with sophisticated information and easy-to-use tools for conserving electricity, eliminating inefficiency and reducing their energy bills. The cost of this modern grid — $400 billion over 10 years — pales in comparison with the annual loss to American business of $120 billion due to the cascading failures that are endemic to our current balkanized and antiquated electricity lines.



To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (162912)3/20/2009 11:24:44 PM
From: Lizzie TudorRead Replies (3) | Respond to of 306849
 
what do you think about hovanian HOV, are they a bk or can they pull it through?



To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (162912)3/21/2009 3:11:55 AM
From: damainmanRespond to of 306849
 
"The cost of this new superpower electricity grid - $75 billion – would add just a third of a penny per kilowatt hour to consumers’ bills. That would be more than offset by efficiency savings, since power plants now sit idle half the time because they can’t transmit electricity to where it’s needed most."

Great idea. But nah, we'd rather invade countries,bail out Wall St., prop up automakers, and leave our children a big fat bill.


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