"Denmark is the model that the United States should be following, " said Steve Pullins, executive director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Modern Grid Initiative.

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The title of the hearing - "Securing the Modern Electric Grid from Physical and Cyber Attacks" - fails to communicate the magnitude of the danger, and the imperative for urgent corrective action.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: An avoidable catastrophe

The bad news--at least for those of us who entertain escape fantasies--is that it's getting harder and harder to evade our modern communication and transportation grid.

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Moreover, modern copper-based grid systems tend to be cooled already.

ECONOMIST: Inside story

"There's a desire to step out of the rat race, and in America, that goes very deep in the national psyche, " says Nick Rosen, author of "Off the Grid: Inside the Movement for More Space, Less Government, and True Independence in Modern America" and editor of www.off-grid.net.

CNN: 5 great spots for dropping off the grid

Duke says that its 4.3 percent dividend yield is the method by which it attracts and retains shareholders who are financing its modern power facilities and upgrading its transmission grid.

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The uniform rows of grid-like streets, the four-wheel drive vehicles and modern wooden bungalows in the Inupiat village of Kaktovic show that they have already accepted any benefits and costs that oil may bring.

BBC: Alaska oil plans stir controversy