No worries, then . . .

2008-07-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Utilities: Grid can handle influx of electric cars Which draws more juice from the electric grid, a big-screen plasma television or recharging a plug-in hybrid car? The nation's electric grid can handle a mass conversion to plug-in hybrid cars like this one, utility executives say. The

Re: No worries, then . . .

2008-07-24 Thread Bruce Bostwick
The biggest factor helping that is overnight charging, which draws power during off-peak hours when only the most efficient generators are online .. On Jul 24, 2008, at 10:14 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Utilities: Grid can handle influx of electric cars Which draws more juice from the

Scouted: Bird Flu Worries

2004-01-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
The authorities in affected countries are stomping on this fairly hard, from what I read; ignoring it would be potentially quite dangerous WRT a new flu variant becoming an epidemic or pandemic. http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/79/96291.htm?printing=true ...The part of the flu bug that

Bulge in lake worries YNP scientists

2003-07-31 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.codyenterprise.com/display/inn_news/news3.txt Beneath the serene surface of Yellowstone Lake, where death from hypothermia comes within 30 minutes, seethes a boiling underwater world. And like a pot too long on the stove, it could boil over, says U.S. Geological Survey geologist Lisa

Why the war worries me....

2003-02-05 Thread Gautam Mukunda
OK, having made the case for going into Iraq, I'm going to do something fairly bizarre and explain why I didn't make up my mind about it until recently, and why I'm still not necessarily enthusiastic. First, let me suggest that everyone read