Now, if I haven't lost everyone, I'll return to resistance in an electric wire.

Does every consumer in the USA know they pay for the physics within their electrical delivery system?

Did they know they are paying for the physics within the internal combustion engine? And which has higher resistance in the complex system of movement, an electric motor or an internal combustion engine? Maybe that is not a fair question considering the movement involves a very heavy object and electricity is not at all heavy. It is only the wires it travels on that is heavy.

The problem those that struggle with in changing the way energy is delivered to consumers always looked at this disaster of a delivery system and was basically unable to overcome the resistance in that system. In other words, why does traditional wind power and solar fields carry more electricity to consumers without being lost. How does society build a better mouse trap? How is it that completely wholesome energy could not be wasted and would service more and more customers?


For the most part, energy had to be delivered along these power lines. 

Then came "The Smart Grid."

The Smart Grid (click here).

The Smart Grid video (click here)

And, of course, computers attempt to squeeze all the efficiency that can be achieved out of "The Smart Grid."

What Makes a Grid “Smart?”

In short, the digital technology that allows for two-way communication between the utility and its customers, and the sensing along the transmission lines is what makes the grid smart. Like the Internet, the Smart Grid will consist of controls, computers, automation, and new technologies and equipment working together, but in this case, these technologies will work with the electrical grid to respond digitally to our quickly changing electric demand.

What if there was the potential for Americans to deliver their own power to their own homes without a grid? Would that not be best?

But, first the question that is making every American sit on the edge of their seats right now;  which has higher resistance in the complex system of movement, an electric motor or an internal combustion engine?