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February 6, 2013

The Most Important Energy Chart Is...

Salim Khan, GigaOm


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The modern centralized method of energy generation and distribution is inherently inefficient, and that state is embodied by a little known chart. It’s also this chart which could show just how efficient the energy grid could be with distributed energy storage and technology.

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