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The Grid: Exploring the Hidden Infrastructure of Reality Marie D. Jones, Larry Flaxman
Publisher: Hierophant Publishing

Mar 8, 2014 - Freeway Park was a brilliant idea, but any park must be judged by its worst days as well as its best, how it meets the challenges of reality and time. What's wrong with extending the grid, selling the land under the viaduct, and letting buildings fill in new blocks along Alaskan Way under some thoughtful zoning parameters, and having a simple divided boulevard along the waterfront - see Copenhagen, Amsterdam, etc. We can probably get about 10% of our total electricity from wind and solar before we need to seriously start investing in additional infrastructure to accommodate the intermittency. Old Infrastructure is missed opportunity. Jan 22, 2014 - The only difference is that the horrors of computers, solar panels and dams are hidden in places like China, Mexico and other developing countries. Jun 10, 2013 - The latest estimates from the International Renewable Energy Agency shows that onshore wind is already at grid parity with fossil fuel electricity and that solar might be at grid parity in certain select regions by the year 2020. Sep 2, 2013 - The research will then explore the various vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure, particularly in the US and in other countries that rely heavily on supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to monitor and regulate industrial operations. But in the face of bridges falling, rolling blackouts, levees breaking, dams flooding and energy grids failing, do we depend too much on this old world infrastructure? Aug 26, 2013 - The role of EES integration into Iceland's electricity grid will be explored with primary focus on improving energy efficiency, transmission control, and maintaining infrastructure. From the micro world all the way up to the macro world with easy to understand explanations. Feb 27, 2014 - The GRID – Exploring the Hidden Infrastructure of Reality will do just that. Can we evolved beyond the divide and conquer mentality of wilderness to embrace a new more right-sized reality?