[HN Gopher] Extremists keep trying to sabotage the electrical gr...
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       Extremists keep trying to sabotage the electrical grid. What if
       they succeed?
        
       Author : c420
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2024-09-10 18:28 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | effingdone wrote:
       | Well, then it'll be yet another step on our journey into empire
       | collapse. We can't even maintain the grid during peacetime. And
       | now the crazies are shooting at it. Lovely. Idk maybe we
       | should've nipped the nonsense in the bud, but that would involve
       | the political system functioning well, and not functioning as
       | designed. Alas. Modernity, if you can keep it.
        
       | cyanydeez wrote:
       | Tgey should just goto texas and claim victory every couple of
       | months
        
       | kylehotchkiss wrote:
       | My solar panels can't power my home if the grid goes down.
       | Thoughts like this make me wish it would (yes, batteries, I know
       | I know, but my panels are already a decade old so I'd rather pair
       | with batteries when I upgrade to something new)
        
         | blacksmith_tb wrote:
         | I am in exactly the same place (my panels are 12yr old, which
         | also means that I can't make any changes to the system without
         | bringing it up to code, which means replacing it all,
         | basically). I have been eyeing the Impulse Labs induction
         | range[1] as a stopgap for one of the biggest pain points of
         | long power outages (super expensive though, even with
         | credits... and doesn't heat the house or keep the food in the
         | fridge good - but it does look like a really nice stove!)
         | 
         | 1: https://www.impulselabs.com/
        
         | fragmede wrote:
         | Why is getting batteries tied with getting new panels? is your
         | system not modular and your can't upgrade to having batteries
         | while using the old panels (but possibly also a new
         | controller)?
        
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