Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Todays News-Threat to GRID -a year ago?


 
This is the kind of physical threat that all the federal and state central planners have been ignoring -- while they pretend to worry about cyber attacks:
 
 
I believe it's a good reason for decentralized organization and control of grids, along with locating generating stations as close to load centers as possible and minimizing long-line HV transmissions which merely adds exposure and increases the difficulty of protection against physical threats.
 
A "smart grid" designed by central planners would likely be as reliable as the Obamacare web site.
 
Unfortunately, a few terrorists with unsophisticated weapons can do a lot of damage and knock out a lot of power -- as this story seems to confirm.
 
Any one with a different view?

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