[Master of Orion]

IBM CEO Touts Smart Systems, Efficient Infrastructure

http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212001903

Palmisano cited reports that energy grids lose as much as 40% to 70% from inefficient systems and said traffic congestion in the United States costs $78 billion a year. That’s 4.2 billion lost hours and 2.9 billion gallons, he said. Stockholm’s smart traffic system reduced traffic by 20% and drove emissions down by 12%, while 40,000 new users take advantage of daily public transportation, he said.

[WOBBLY BOB]

I keep hearing this crap on IBM radio ads...how the US should/could be more like Stockholm.

tell them off here. I did:

http://www-03.ibm.com/innovation/us/think/index.shtml?ca=agus_brthinklp-20081111&me=vanity&met=thinkvan&re=thinkvan&s_tact=106aw01w&cm_mmc=agus_brthinklp-20081111-106aw01w-_-p-_-thinkvan-_-thinkvan