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An assessment of threats to the American power grid
- FrankWilhoit 2y agoThere 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 even a properly maintained infrastructure, which is not what we have.
- Luc 2y agoInteresting comment on Twitter: > "having talked to a guy who works at a (German) transformer manufacturer - it wouldn't be that hard to mass produce slightly shittier transformers by simplifying the designs a bit, it's just that there's no market for it" https://twitter.com/allgebrah/status/1789792484450615623 https://twitter.com/allgebrah/status/1789792484450615623