Engineers at the federally funded Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed that by equipping appliances and thermostats with a few cheap microchips and Internet connections, they could cut peak demand by as much as 50%.

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Bus journey times in peak periods have been cut by as much as 70% in the small area covered by the scheme.

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Now the Marine Corps is shrinking to fit the new peace and will cut forces by 10% from its peak of 202, 000.

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