Today, there's another thread on the front page [1] related to the Google Fiber "no servers" clause. So, be it information or energy I can't help but notice th

Today, there's another thread on the front page [1] related to the Google Fiber "no servers" clause. So, be it information or energy I can't help but notice the similarities there. Our networks were essentially designed, decades ago, for mass production and consumption, I have no doubt we'll end with more distributed energy production and storage means similar to what happens with the rise of fast, symmetric Internet connections but in the meantime we'll see a lot of these stories while the evolution finds its way. Regarding the electricity consumption, we have access to the French realtime data online [2], I don't know if there's the equivalent in the U.S., I'll be curious to see the data for Hawaii. It's interesting to note how the daily consumption patterns differs between summer and winter (we have a lot of electric heating in the winter and little, albeit increasing, AC in the summer). Obviously there's a limit to how much PV you can plug on the grid without proper storage but it doesn't seem that's already a problem. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6949326 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6949326 [2] http://www.rte-france.com/fr/developpement-durable/eco2mix/consommation-d-electricite http://www.rte-france.com/fr/developpement-durable/eco2mix/c...