The Segway, that marvel of two-wheeled balance and electric mobility, may someday solve America's dependence on gas-powered engines.

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While the car is on the move, the electric drive itself contributes to a favourable energy balance through recuperation, by converting kinetic energy into electric current in deceleration mode and during braking and feeding this energy into the battery.

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Tight compliance schedules create additional challenges for grid operators whose job is to keep electric supply and demand in balance.

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Comcast now owns 51% of NBC Universal, with the balance owned by General Electric with 49%.

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At the same time, an electric grid runs smoothly only when there is a balance of supply and demand.

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Because utilities and state regulators are putting a premium on solar energy when they evaluate and approve power purchase agreements even though solar electricity production typically fluctuates and makes it more difficult to balance the supply and demand in an electric grid.

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In the long run, he sees millions of electric car batteries as storage for renewable energy and a way to balance demands on the power grid.

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The TV pacts will test the balance sheets of CBS, News Corp-owned Fox and NBC (owned by Comcast and General Electric), but the networks realize that there is a dwindling amount of must-see live programming.

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