We might still have to wait a while for the Google washing machine–but GE as we know is also a huge player in energy infrastructures, which makes notable their announcement of a partnership with those incessant innovators at Google to modernise our stone-age grid. If (if) we somehow do find ourselves with an administration in January that truly moves forward with forward-thinking energy plans, we don’t want to losing a huge percentage of our fresh new juice to our inefficient grid, most parts of which date back to the disco era.