It would be hard to argue with the premise of this bill, that our own national defense relies on power, and that power is largely expected to be derived, or backed, by the national Grid. Simple logic tells us that:
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Old Reliable: A New Grid Needs New Virtues
On March 24nd, the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment considered and approved a new piece of legislation, the "Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense (GRID) Act ", moving it to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for debate. It was co-authored by Massachusetts' own Ed Markey, and is intended to raise awareness and responsibility for protecting the next generation of electrical grid infrastructure, the one that gets improved with Internet-style technologies.
It would be hard to argue with the premise of this bill, that our own national defense relies on power, and that power is largely expected to be derived, or backed, by the national Grid. Simple logic tells us that:
Threat to Our Grid = Threat to Our National Security
It would be hard to argue with the premise of this bill, that our own national defense relies on power, and that power is largely expected to be derived, or backed, by the national Grid. Simple logic tells us that:
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