Blackouts Remain Because of a Floawed Political System

Steven Cherry and Erico Guizzo, wrote on the Special 40th Aniversary Issue of the IEEE Spectrum Magazine, that "IEEE Spectrum has brilliantly predicted mayor tech breakthroughs and ocasionally mistaken dross for gold." In the article entitled "WRITE AND WRONG," they show 10 hits and 10 misses. Among what they claim to be a mistake is "Will There Still Be Blackouts in the Year 2000?" The article goes on to say that:

 

"There is a good chance that by the year 2000 the term blackout (societal definition) will be considered to be a term out of the Dark Ages." So opined an article we published in our July 1978 issue.

 

The article envisioned a world of customer-based electrical generation and storage. During peak demands, it said, many customers would be able to rely on their own power, easing demands on the grid. There will be times "when power is not available from portions of the transmission/distribution grid." But in a functional, or societal, sense, "enough of these backup sources will work so that major societal interruptions and disturbances will not occur."

 

The Dominican Republic is the most advanced country in fullfilling that dream. I contend that the reason that there are still blackouts in 2005, has to do with a floawed the political system, that has not allowed the breakthrough to emerge in the USA. If we look closely to the solution of the proyect Demand Response Resources of the International Energy Agency, you will see that the aim is precsisely to implement that solution. My proposal to the Dominican Republic in 1996, and the strong effort I have made in the past two years reflect my conviction that IEEE Spectrum was not wrong.