The Future of Power – It Has to Be Something Different

Positive Future #774 (Feature photo – Power Lines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, 123df) The future of power can be uncertain, especially if you live in California and are depended upon PG&E for power. The company responsible for the deaths of 84 people in the Paradise, California wildfires – PG&E – plead guilty to those…

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Finally, Alternatives to Utility Power Outages Done On Purpose

Positive Future #657 (Feature photo – BoxPower Shipping-Container Solar – courtesy of BoxPower) How do you survive as a business owner if your profit margin is in your refrigerated storages that just had the power cut off for days by your power utility? This past year has been a nightmare for thousands of business owners…

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A Solution to Powerline Wildfires and Power Outages?

Positive Future #617 (Feature photo – Wildfire – Public Domain, USDA) The IEEE Spectrum brings news of an invention from Australia that can prevent wildfires from power lines. Seems there is an answer to the forced power-outages that millions of people experienced this year. You can read the full story here: https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/breaking-pges-cycle-of-blackouts-and-wildfires

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