About: [The Project] [The ApocaDocs] [Equal Share]

The Six Scenarios: [Species Collapse] [Infectious Disease] [Climate Chaos] [Resource Depletion] [Biology Breach] [Recovery]

Explore:

Play: It's weekly, funny, and free!

---

SEARCH More than 5,600 stories! A great gift for crisis deniers! Humoring the Horror of the Converging Emergencies 94 color pages $24.99 now $15! Or read FREE online! Twitter Ping this story in social media: del.icio.us Digg Newsvine NowPublic Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon

Posted Sun Sep 13 2009: from CleanTechnica: US Must Socialize Grid to Add Renewable Energy, Study Finds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1252854078 We need to build a supergrid like the national highway system we built in the 1930's. But a new study finds that this might be almost impossible to do in this country. A historical legacy of Balkanized ownership of multiple tiny grids and ineffective regulatory structure has hindered upgrades to and expansion of the U.S. transmission network. In these political times of political hysteria against any kind of national common good, it will be hard to overcome a legacy that grew out of our rugged individualism. By contrast, China and Europe have easily added more renewable power, by socializing the grid. [Read more stories about: alternative energy, renewable energy, governmental idiocy] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

'Doc Michael says: You're not putting socialist "death panels" in my fusebox!! NEXT> More stories: Bat experts watch health of Northwest colonies Divining the Secret of Deformed Roadkill (US Must Socialize Grid to Add Renewable Energy, Study Finds) Temperature Anomalies for 113 Arctic Stations, 1880-2009 Better world: Tax carbon and give the money to the people Want to explore more? Try the PaniCloud!

Copyright 2010 The Apocadocs.com