Japan's Power Crunch
Dreaded summer has arrived in a Japan whose power grid is still crippled by the devastating March 11 earthquake. Temperatures reached 30 degrees centigrade in Tokyo in the middle of last week and even higher in other parts of Japan. Demand for electric power is soaring to power air conditioners, which is a bad sign for Japan’s severely taxed electric po…
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