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An assessment of threats to the American power grid

2 pointsby Lucabout 1 year ago

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Lucabout 1 year ago
Interesting comment on Twitter:<p>&gt; &quot;having talked to a guy who works at a (German) transformer manufacturer - it wouldn&#x27;t be that hard to mass produce slightly shittier transformers by simplifying the designs a bit, it&#x27;s just that there&#x27;s no market for it&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;allgebrah&#x2F;status&#x2F;1789792484450615623" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;allgebrah&#x2F;status&#x2F;1789792484450615623</a>
FrankWilhoitabout 1 year ago
There is no mention of the financialization of investor-owned utilities and the consequent shift away from scheduled maintenance to run-until-fail. The discussion is of things that could knock down <i>even a properly maintained infrastructure</i>, which is not what we have.