If I told you, “Many people need computing services, so we’d better build more mainframe computer centers where you can come run your computing task,” you’d probably reply, “We did that in the 1960’s, but now we use networked PC’s.” Full Story »
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Insightful opinion by energy maven Amory Lovins, the chairman and chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute, about whether large power points are appropriate in today's world. This guest post in the NYT's Freakonomics blog is based on extensive factual evidence from multiple sources, and offers thoughtful recommendations for adapting our energy technologies to further the public good. Highly recommended.
an idea whose time may have finally come without even mentioning explicitly security. i would like to have sources for some of the facts here, but it makes so much sense and i'm happy the nyt has put it here.
One of the top energy experts makes the pitch for distributed power generation. When such an influential thinker talks, it is wise to pay attention.
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