Now this is how to spend stimulus money. Finally the projects that will really help our energy infrastructure are getting the money, instead of bridges to nowhere.

I have to say I'm very impressed with Steven Chu and his obvious influence on what areas are being funded. We need to have a strong, smart and flexible grid to handle all the different energy systems that are going to be coming on-line. Specifically, home and industry solar, EVs with their huge batteries and distributed wind farms.

Maybe we finally have some brains in government? No, say it isn't so.