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Smart Grid Will Make The Country More Susceptible To a Cyber Attack

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The Mix: Cyber-terrorism’s Threat from Energy NOW on Vimeo . According to Vimeo: “A cyber-terrorism attack could cripple America’s electric grid, shutting down everything from communications to transportation to law enforcement. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says such an attack could be America’s “next Pearl Harbor.” Are we prepared to protect our power system against a cyber attack? Anchor Thalia… Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : P/Oed Patriot Discovery Date : 23/08/2011 01:30 Number of articles : 2

Smart Grid Will Make The Country More Susceptible To a Cyber Attack

Behold, The Worst Concert In The History Of Belgrade

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If you’ve ever wanted to see a methadone clinic toddler do a Marilyn Monroe impersonation 2-seconds after she came out of a coma, then here you go. Fresh off of her one-week stint in rehab, Amy Wino returned to the stage for her comeback concert in Belgrade last night and the audience left with an aftertaste of BOOs in their mouth and a sadness in their wallets. Almost 20,000 hos dropped $57 to see… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Dlisted Discovery Date : 19/06/2011 14:30 Number of articles : 2

Behold, The Worst Concert In The History Of Belgrade

Smart Grid Resistance Grows: Woman Arrested For Trying to Stop Smart Meter Installation

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Faced with the fact that the Smart Grid will track every aspect of your life including your TV and Internet Usage, combined with the knowledge that the Obama Administration supports Smart Grid deployment to the fullest, it shouldn’t be a surprise to you then that a Resistance movement to the Smart Grid has taken shape. According to StopSmartMeters.org, a woman is so against the deployment of the Smart… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : P/Oed Patriot Discovery Date : 19/06/2011 16:08 Number of articles : 2

Smart Grid Resistance Grows: Woman Arrested For Trying to Stop Smart Meter Installation

Oxford Atlas of the World, 17th Edition (Book Review)

Photo taken by Michael Graham Richard, used with permission of Oxford University Press What a Fascinating Planet! Maybe it’s my geeky side, but I’ve always liked encyclopedias and atlases. When I was younger, I spent hours looking for one thing but reading about 15 others things on the way there (kind of what Wikipedia makes people do now, with all those tempting links sprinkled in each entry), so I was happy to be offered a review copy of the 17th edition of the Oxford Atlas of the World. But this large and high-quality book isn’t just a dry compilation of maps, it… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Maine Residents Wary of Smart Meters, GE Pours $55 Million Into Start-Ups, and More Smart Grid News

Photo via mpeterke There’s quite a bit of news in the smart grid scene, and we’ve rounded up the most interesting stories. Check out the what’s what, from smart appliances taking over the industry to how much money the DOE is sending to new smart grid companies. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Fighting the Heat with a Smarter Grid

Image credit: Good When the temperature climbs, demand on the power grid goes up with the mercury. The culprits are a million air conditioners cranked to full blast and the result, when things get really hot, is sometimes a power outage. To combat this surge in demand, utilities have tried to generate more power but recently they have also tried a different strategy: Using the available energy more intelligently …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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GE Puts Up Serious Cash For Smart Grid Ideas

photo via flickr General Electric, along with four venture capital firms, is putting up some serious cash for innovators that can help with the development of a smart grid–a networked energy system that increases efficiency and allows for more renewable energy to come into the power grid. The competition, known as the Ecomagnination Challenge , has $200 million and will be judged by GE, RockPort Capital, K.P.C.B., Foundation Capital and Emerald Technology. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A 4300 SF House in the Suburbs Is Not a "Statement of Sustainability"

Victor Kam builds his dream house; Aaron Harris for the Toronto Star It started with the title: “Statement of Sustainability” where Ian Harvey writes in the Star about how Victor Kam is going green and he’s putting his money where his mouth is: He’s embarking on a million-dollar gamble to design and build the most practical, sustainable home possible just north of the city. It goes downhill from there, an example of everything that is wrong about “green building” and “sustainable design” as practiced by so many today. Where do we s… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Smart Grid + Demand Response = Underrated Renewable Energy Storage?

Photo: Flickr , CC Shaping Demand to Match Supply Serious discussions about renewable energy usually end up being about energy storage too. Wind and solar power are both intermittent sources of electricity, so if we want to power a significant fraction of our power grids with them, we need a way to store power for windless and cloudy days. The most talked about candidates are batteries, molten salts, pumping water uphill, compressed air, etc. All of this has to do with supply, but what about demand? “Demand response” is very u… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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AARP Dumbs Down Maryland’s Important Smart Grid Initiative

Old Buick drivers lobby ’till the wheels are off. Image credit: Jennifer Zimmerman, Pbase The codger lobby is frantically arguing that smart metering will bring added expense to the low income retiree. It’s paranoid, unsubstantiated thinking and it’s working. The Maryland Public Service Commission has sunk a flagship smart grid initiative of the Obama Administration, As reported in the NYT Energy & Environment section : “A utility proposal to install smart mete… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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