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> "how hard it’s going to be to rebuild the electric grid..." - ~80% of transmission lines are down - >90% of distribution lines are down - Fuel for their ge
by Caveman_Coder 9y ago
> "how hard it’s going to be to rebuild the electric grid..."
- ~80% of transmission lines are down
- >90% of distribution lines are down
- Fuel for their generation plants is desperately needed and needs to be shipped in on a regular basis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Electric_Power_Authority#Power_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Electric_Power_Aut...)
Basically, from an electrical-grid-restoration perspective ("Blackstart"), its a nightmare.