With the push towards "greener" power, it's a matter of time before people realise that the power grid does not have the capacity to take on the shift from gas to electric. A heck of a lot more generating and distribution capacity will be needed. And unless the nuclear option is used, that new capacity will mean thermal plants (coal, gas, fuel) with their inherent polution.
The push towards greener technologies will only shift the polution towards power plants instead of mufflers. Don't be fooled into believing that alternative power sources can be used, they are marginal providers at best.
The only thing that Echelon (or others of this type) will be able do is to watch as the grid overloads.
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