Follow up - Smart Grid

NPR has another couple of good bits on the smart grid; and how the utilities are using 'greenwashing' to sell their plans for major power lines.  

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103415232&ft=1&f=1001

Also - this interactive map of the power grid *really* opened my eyes as to why nukes are so popular in the energy generation world.  They make metric shit-tons of power: 

http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2009/apr/electric-grid/