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Power Grids Falling Behind

NYT – The report predicts that demand will increase by about 19 percent over the next 10 years in the United States, and slightly less in Canada, and that the construction of power plants and transmission lines to carry that … Continue reading

16. October 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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Outbound

I’ve added Purpleslog, the new combined Purple/Curtis/Arherring 5GW blog to the links on the right. Also, I want to thank Mark, Dan for responding to my 5GW post. All those years of science fiction seem to be paying off. -Shlok … Continue reading

11. October 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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Struggling FBI

NYT- Scott Shane has another article nailing the inability for the government to react to the threat before us, in this case the FBI – “If you look at, for example, the four key ingredients for counterterrorism success — agents, … Continue reading

10. October 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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5GW And Beyond

Robb calls the super empowered individual the end game. Here is my blue sky thinking as to why – Technological Singularity Track – Because 5GW is the point where the human body becomes the limitation (our technology is designed to … Continue reading

09. October 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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5GW

An interesting discussion is taking place as to what 5GW means, made more interesting by the fact it’s silhouetted against the largely ignored (in these blogs) newly nuclear N. Korea. Zenpundit has the the roundup: one and two. While Curtis … Continue reading

09. October 2006 by Shlok Vaidya
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