We're going to hear a lot about this in the future. The Smart Grid. Imagine using the Internet to control the thermostat in your home. Right now, the city of Boulder in Colorado is set up as a Smart Grid community. Every home in Boulder is wired not only to the grid, but to a Smart Grid through the Internet. By logging on, citizens of Boulder can monitor and manage their energy consumption. And as they connect to the grid with energy producing solar panels, wind generators, or hydro power, they can sell their unused kilowatts to the power company... and manage it all anytime, anywhere from any computer on the Internet. Now that's the future! Okay, now imagine every community in the country wired to the Smart Grid. And keep going. Imagine an electric car that goes over 100 miles before you need a charge. No more gas. No more dependence on OPEC. Yes! It only gets better. Imagine the money we'll save by producing electricity to power our cars and trucks, let alone our homes. One final comment. Some believe that the Obama Economic Recovery Plan is saddling our kids and grand kids with debt. I contend that with time, our kids and grand kids will be free from our debt because of the wise choices of this Administration, like the introduction of the Smart Grid. Amen.
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