[citation][nom]memadmax[/nom] It has nice points on paper that don't apply to us here in the US. Let me use the article as a reference so me and you are seeing the same exact thing:1. Lower cost for energy delivery: How? Lets use an example here. Say we need to send 500 kV(typical power of overhead lines) of power down a 500 mile stretch of power line, (which quite a few of the smaller power companies do by the way). Now lets say you lose 100 kV of power down that line due to resistance.... how is the smart grid going to fix that? It can't. We as payers have to pay for that loss no matter what.... Basic law of economics... it's like having a basket of oranges and some don't get sold because they went bad.... We have to eat the price of those bad oranges because the seller has to make up for the lost income somehow.....2.greater energy capacity that is achieved through greater efficiency and fewer outages. How? You can't create electricity out of thin air. The only way you are gonna get greater capacity is by building more power plants..... You may recover some of the loss from number 1 above if you turned each overhead power line into a superconducting, super cooled power line, but that ain't gonna happen because for one, its dumb, and two it's expensive.... And another point that I want to make is any power grid does not *store* electricity thereby creating "capacity"...... doesn't happen. Power plants make "capacity".3.enhanced security. This one I know they are trying to create the hacker "boogeyman" that comes in from china and blacks out the entire united states. Can not, and will not happen with our current grid. It *Will* if you computerize the entire thing with the "smart grid" theory.... The last I heard, it still requires a man or woman to physically push a button or open that valve in order to bring a generator on the line, the way it should be...4.improved quality of life, safety as well as greater consumer productivity. How? How does it make our life better when power is ALREADY on nearly 24/7 365? This statement is just ridiculous, and stinks of libtard dreams.....[/citation]
Again you don't seem to understand the general concept behind a smart grid. The benefits don't come from trying to make a "500 mile stretch of power line" less resistant. You also seem to be mixing up two key terms that are interrelated but distinct, an efficient grid, and a smart grid. A smart grid is built on top of an existing grid, and incorporates digital two way communication between power production, transmission, distribution and consumption (the user) making the the whole system more dynamic and adaptable. And like sseyler said earlier, these enhancements will be necessary to better utilize emerging renewable sources of power such as wind and solar, neither of which are capable of producing constant steady power. Until you can argue the points that are actually related to what a smart grid is and isn't capable of doing, I suggest you spend less time going on multi-paragraph rants about concepts you don't seem to be capable of wrap your head around.
[citation][nom]memadmax[/nom]There, happy? No you won't because you blindly follow whatever is said by the gov ment like blind sheeple. Wake up... Do your own research and use common sense...[/citation]
Oh, and switching news sources couldn't hurt either (I'm guessing fox right?), I tend to watch the News Hour, highly recommended.