"I could easily turn off the power in a couple dozen cities by the end of the day, " says Larsen.
"Turn the power off and get out and contact the fire service, " said DC Lennard.
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So I ask you, in a moment of crisis, if somebody is able to turn off power on the East Coast or the West Coast or generally nationwide, what the response would be of the American public?
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In my tough battery tests, where I set the screen to 75% brightness, turn off power-saving features, leave the Wi-Fi on and play locally stored videos until the machine dies, the Surface Pro did pathetically.
So, we pay consumers billions of dollars to turn some power off for the very few hours each year that we're at risk of a blackout.
At 800 feet off the ground, I did a right 90-degree crosswind turn and pulled the power way back.
In my battery tests, where I turn off all power-saving features, crank the screen brightness up all the way, leave the Wi-Fi on, and play a continuous loop of music, they fell well short of that.
In my tough laptop test, where I turn off power-savings software, crank up the screen to 100%, leave the Wi-Fi on to collect email, and play a continuous loop of music, the XPS 12 lasted just 3 hours and 31 minutes.
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With no hard drive, and a switch to turn off the wireless connection (not the fastest in the world), power can be conserved.
The effect of the current scandal has been to turn an existing stand-off on power-sharing into a full-blown crisis.
The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.
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