An Exercise in Utility - IBM smart grid

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More Corp. welfare for Google IBM GE At&t.

It's my business when I want to use or not use the electricity service I am paying for. I don't want a totalitarian government electrical grid.
Let's go with free markets and the US Constitution. Check the 10th amendment, this is none of the government's business.

So the government is going to shut down my power while I am gone from my house? So every time I leave and come back, I'm going to have to reset all my clocks and reprogram all the channels in my TV?

this makes no sense to me. I think there are a lot of people out there how don't understand how electricity really works. The grid does in fact need more power at times of higher consumption, but that can be measured right at the source, and even without it "being" smart. The resistance will change and you will have to necessarily "pump" more electricity down the lines to keep your "dynamos" from "stalling".

You need to do some reading up. Be very suspicious. Same technology, new name?

You clearly don't understand how electricity works. There are losses that occur when full voltage is continuously supplied to a device, or in this case a home. There is no reason to supply this power 100% of the time when people are at work, sleeping, etc. Multiply those losses by the millions of homes out there.

In addition, on a smart grid homes that generate more electricity than they use (through solar panels, mini wind turbines, etc) are able to sell the kWh back to the utility company.

"Most of it gets tossed in the garbage."

That is the comparison I was referring to, the pizza delivery comparison to electricity delivery is weird. Yes there are losses, but my home isn't one giant short to ground, as the pizza delivery straight to the garbage suggests.

You are right, we don't waste water when we're not home, but a few of us waste a foul amount of electricity when we're gone. What if all of our 'not-home' or off peak usage came from wind/solar power? wld that be stupid/wasteful? Remember there are generators & lines used to transmit the power in use even if you're on a two week vaca - and energy is used for & lost in transmission. After ten mile delivery, a gal of H2O is the same - electricity loss can be 2-5% of output. Its an outdated system

I can tell a few ppl don't listen for the point but rather try to make thier own point fit the video. 1st - this is SUPPOSED to be cute ( life sustaining..TV -childs voice-dino ) 2nd- the point -Our power grid was made almost 70 years ago and that TODAY we can make a smarter grid that would have great world wide effect and would include altern. energy sources to power our homes and reduce waste. If your homes' elect wires are >70 years old are they efficient? are your h2o pipes rusted?

This is just plain adorable. I love it.
This is just a crazy idea, but what if all world governments limited the amount of vampiric power that appliances used, like Scwartzenegger?