Returning Power From Electric Cars To the Grid

First time accepted submitter icensnow writes "NRG is patenting a means of returning electric power from charged but inactive electric cars to the grid, essentially turning parked electric cars into an energy storage system for the grid. I'm having a hard time deciding if this is genius or silly."

This is not about you

[Anonymous Coward]

As a Prius driver, obviously this is not relevant to you, because you do not drive an electric car. You drive a gasoline car.

(Unless you've got one of the very latest Priuses, or you've modded your car.)