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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

We also need more power storage in the form of batteries and other technologies to store power when the sun shines and the wind blows. We need more residential generation in the form of rooftop solar. The cost of panels continues to slide. This should be a big push to instal more solar and in turn cut or generation needs.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

February 17, 2009 10:39 am Link I think within a very short time the need for electricity will stabilize because of all the changes by conservation, minimal population growth in the industrialized countries, and better transmission from power sources. Wind, solar and nuclear could easily change our electrical sources.

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