Can the grid take the heat?

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4.6 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Over the next five years, electric power demand in the U.S. will increase five times faster than we thought it would in 2022, a new report says. Can the grid take it? Probably — it won’t be the first time demand for electricity has made a major leap. Also in this episode: An influencer sues a “copycat,” consumers overestimate inflation but think it will fall eventually and ad industry evolution triggers a merger of rivals.

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0:45.3	Expectations of the economy, they matter because they aren't just shaped by our past. They actively
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1:04.9	In New York, I'm Kristen Schwab in for Kyris Doll.
1:08.2	It's Monday, December 9th.
1:09.9	Thanks for being here.
1:13.0	We are entering what some people at the Bureau of Labor Statistics call Inflation Week. Though I'd kind of call every week
1:18.7	since like mid-2021 Inflation Week, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, the reason why it's
1:24.6	called Inflation Week is because of the amount of inflation-related
1:28.0	data that's coming out in the next few days.
1:30.7	On Wednesday, we'll get the latest consumer price index.
1:33.4	Then on Thursday comes the producer price index.
1:36.5	Both readings on where inflation has been.
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