Something similar happened in South Australia in 2016. One of the worst storms to hit South Australia in 50 years knocked out 22 high-voltage power pylons, plu

Something similar happened in South Australia in 2016. One of the worst storms to hit South Australia in 50 years knocked out 22 high-voltage power pylons, plunging the state into darkness. The lines on those pylons carry electricity generated near Port Augusta to the rest of the state. [1] The government of the day blamed renewable energy, even though the outage was caused by the loss of core transmission lines that are generation neutral. Australian news media, including press that is 70% owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox in the US, repeated the claims across the news cycle. - - - [1] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south-australia-blackout-explained-renewables-not-to-blame https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/29/south...