To drive these processors we need more power on the move, and that is one area where the solutions are not coming thick and fast.

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If we are serious about helping people exert more power over the state, we need to give them the information to do it.

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That is people power, and we need more of it not less.

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But to give them that power, we need to do more than just clean up our elections.

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The last thing we need to do is hand more influence to the lobbyists in Washington, or more power to the special interests to tip the outcome of elections.

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The Texas auto dealer association is trying to stop us from selling cars in the state and they have way more money and power than we do with legislators, so we need to rally the people pronto to stop them from winning.

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Third, we need more responsive storage system software that provides the lowest cost (and hopefully lower overall power load) for an application.

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If we really want to significantly replace fossil fuel-based power with renewable energy, then we need to get the public to care more.

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And as we're seeing from retail figures this week, people focus their spending power more on what they need, starting with food.

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