the power grid is in no danger of failing from the growing use of electronics. while the share of power usage is up, it is as much the result of less being used by manufacturing and heavy industry( they're going offshore)as it is the rise in computer use. it takes thousands of computers to use what one medium sized motor would use. the shortages of last summer were contrived by the large investor owned utilities to drive up the price to their wholesale customers and that are also their retail competitors.
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the power grid is in no danger of failing from the growing use of electronics. while the share of power usage is up, it is as much the result of less being used by manufacturing and heavy industry( they're going offshore)as it is the rise in computer use. it takes thousands of computers to use what one medium sized motor would use. the shortages of last summer were contrived by the large investor owned utilities to drive up the price to their wholesale customers and that are also their retail competitors.