About six months ago, Clark mentioned that there experiments going on with electricity and electric bills in the Pacific Northwest. Technology makes it possible for you to have your very own power meter at your home. The price of the power you get for your home varies greatly, depending on the time of day. Generating electricity overnight, for example, is extremely cheap. On the other hand, during a summer day it’s quite expensive. But in the Northwest, people can see what power will cost them at that time and decide whether to use electricity then or wait. In Chicago, a similar test has been going on in 1,100 homes. It’s worked so well that it’s been expanded from 1,100 homes to 110,000 homes. The amount of energy saved in these experiments is huge. These meters are going to become mainstream and much less convenient. We can already set washers and dryers to start at a certain time, and it saves a ton of money. If only a small number of people do this, the savings are in the tens of billions each year because it eliminates the need for all those power plants. Not to mention the fact that it improves air quality not to have those power plants belching out pollution every day. If you get a flier about this, check it out. If you’re willing to do the work, you’ll benefit tenfold.