• 323,439 kilowatt hours are wasted every minute by inefficient home energy use. (IBM)
• With little or no intelligence to balance loads or monitor power flows, enough electricity is lost annually to power India, Germany and Canada for an entire year, according to IBM.
• If the U.S. grid alone were just 5% more efficient, it would be like permanently eliminating the fuel and greenhouse gas emissions from 53 million cars. [Reference: IBM]
• High Speed Rail (HSR): There’s a lot of talk about developing a HSR system in the U.S. With U.S. trains considered “high speed” while running at 110mph, other countries are already way ahead. As Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell remarked at a Senate hearing this week:”The French TGV has been up and running since 1981 and now achieves speeds of 199mph. The Japanese Shinkansen was inaugurated in 1964, at a speed of 130 mph, and is now up to 186mph. The Beijing-Tianjin train runs up to 217mph; the Shanghai maglev train achieves speeds up to an incredible 268mph.
• The United Nations reports that U.S. grocers and consumers throw out $48 billion (US) worth of food annually.

- Justin Manger