The electric revolution
IT COULD be every bit as dramatic as the revolution that hit the world's telecommunications industry in the 1980s. And it is occurring in an unexpected business; but one in which can be seen the same forces of innovation, competition and choice that transformed yesterday's sleepy telephone monopolies into today's high-tech predators. That business is electricity generation.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “The electric revolution”
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