A Smart Grid for Intelligent Energy Use:
The Smart Grid involves the use of communications and computing technology to transmit and distribute energy more efficiently. This video describes the smart grid and how it will reduce our carbon footprint through energy efficiency and the integration of renewable sources of energy.
Featuring interviews recorded at the IEEE Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles: Accelerating Innovation Conference (2007) and the IEEE Energy 2030 Conference (2008).
Are you a person who is interested in green energy and using Solar Energy Panels or creating your own Home Wind Power, then you are just like myself. I have had a keen interest in green energy every since I studied Architecture many many years ago. At that time I learned that is was possible to build homes that are completely self sufficient which was so compelling to me I had to know more.
Produced by IEEE and ScienCentral, Inc., with funding from IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE-USA, and the IEEE New Technology Directions Committee (NTDC).
8 minutes running time. Copyright 2009
For additional information, visit: http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/emergingtech/index.jsp?techId=1220
Duration : 0:8:54
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#1 by blitheringFool at October 13th, 2009
Since when were the …
Since when were the degregulated PRIVATE utility companies part of the government? Since they are not, this cannot be considered socialism. There is the possibility of control via a private organization, but Americans are already used to that. It’s called the Federal Reserve.
In order to facilitate change in one facet of life, other facets must also change. In my opinion, this is for the better, because this jam we are in can most likely be blamed on unchecked capitalist expansion.
#2 by dcon49 at October 13th, 2009
lol. wow, calm down …
lol. wow, calm down sir.
#3 by stonerj0e at October 13th, 2009
just using growing …
just using growing as an example. i do not grow marijuana . but this would make it much easier to track marijuana growers and then have them put in prison to get stabbed and raped just for having some plants . i call bullshit .
#4 by stonerj0e at October 13th, 2009
what ? do you think …
what ? do you think i need to go to jail and get stabbed for growing my own ?
#5 by dcon49 at October 13th, 2009
and your a stoner!
and your a stoner!
#6 by jedirei at October 13th, 2009
don’t mind him. …
don’t mind him. some people are just the way they are.
#7 by ballzy at October 13th, 2009
I hope that’s a …
I hope that’s a joke. It’s you’re, as in ‘you-are’. Careful before calling people stupid.
#8 by dcon49 at October 13th, 2009
Of course, verbal …
Of course, verbal attacks are a sure way to look like the intelligent one. Why didn’t I think of that?
#9 by Smashburn06 at October 13th, 2009
your stupid …
your stupid….
#10 by SteveRay911 at October 13th, 2009
I am curious to see …
I am curious to see if this kind of technology will get to the point where convicts can only use so much electricity, and political rivals or other dissidents are punished by taking away their electricity; but then quickly blaming it on “just a mistake”.
#11 by jwgillatbow at October 13th, 2009
just turn up the …
just turn up the thermostats by one degree in the summer and down one degree in the winter and all of this goes away.
#12 by dcon49 at October 13th, 2009
I understand that …
I understand that the government doesn’t care when I plug in my toaster, but I still get the feeling it is just another way for them to make my choices for me. And I’m sorry but I refuse to give up any right, no matter how insignificant .
#13 by bethaprivttee at October 13th, 2009
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#14 by jonnycat27 at October 13th, 2009
I agree, I just …
I agree, I just added the “possibility” for all the nay sayers. I think it will be a great new technology that, after we’ve implemented it, we can sell and maintain all over the world the way we have been doing with important inventions for the last two hundred years. Great way to advance our economy once again.
#15 by jpd1235 at October 13th, 2009
Privacy? They’re …
Privacy? They’re not listening to your phone calls. They are collecting energy usage statistics! This is not a privacy issue.
#16 by Kaligulasucks at October 13th, 2009
No sir, I don’t …
No sir, I don’t like it.
#17 by im1greatman at October 13th, 2009
Its just another …
Its just another way to control the American people.
#18 by tanmalan at October 13th, 2009
I’m not sure how …
I’m not sure how monitoring energy usage is socialism. If the energy companies can monitor, they probably can respond to outages and plan for peak usage better. What you do with the information you collect is key.
For example, if they decide to charge you MORE because you use more energy, I’d have a problem with that. But to be clear, that has NOTHING to do with socialism. That’s scary big business.
Believe me, there are more than enough “socialist” plans out there to worry about…
#19 by jonnycat27 at October 13th, 2009
Pros: Reduce …
Pros: Reduce customer cost, Increase company profit, Increase serviceability, Better customer support, Create hundreds of thousands of high paying jobs, Save the earth with smaller carbon footprint, $ell technology to other countries.
Cons: Possible privacy concern, Expensive technology to implement.
Looks like the pros outweigh the cons to me. The costs of implementation gets paid back by the higher company profit and sales of technology to foreign countries. All that’s left is the privacy.
#20 by melpuzon at October 13th, 2009
I love being …
I love being monitored! Please Big Brother, MONITOR ME!
#21 by melpuzon at October 13th, 2009
We must pay for the …
We must pay for the sun and the wind. We must pay for the air we breathe. me must pay! PAY! PAY!
#22 by alieglalad at October 13th, 2009
yeah they are :S:s
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yeah they are :S:s
why would they be
#23 by tangos at October 13th, 2009
Why do they always …
Why do they always use that nighttime earth picture? I hope people know that lights on the earth are not seen from space.
#24 by monkey91068 at October 13th, 2009
These are some of …
These are some of the dumbest comments I have ever heard on the topic. Wow. Breaking out a Hitler reference when talking about a private company electrical utility. Just dumb.
#25 by marshallmat at October 13th, 2009
Great Idea!
Great Idea!