The July/August 2010 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine, offers what many experts now deem a rational solution to our continued dependence on fossil fuels, and a way to potentially head off the offshore oil exploration that has resulted in the worst oil spill in the nation's history: a national "smart grid." The smart grid would be an updated, digital version of our century-old network of electric power lines — and would allow power plants to respond, in real time, to electricity needs.

Jul 15, 2010