Giving the Power Grid Some Backbone

A stiff wind blows year-round in North Dakota. In Arizona the sun beats down virtually every day. The U.S. has vast quantities of renewable electricity sources waiting to be tapped in these regions, but what it does not have there are power lines—big power lines that can carry the bountiful energy to distant cities and industries where it is needed. Full Story »

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3.7
by Fred Gatlin - Apr. 7, 2009

This is an interesting at important article about a subject that many not know much about. Like bridges, roads, water pipes and sewers we do not think about electric lines. That is a serious problem.

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