Also how much would it cost for the US to build a robust power grid for 96% of the US? Not the hudgepodge mess we have now
Also how much would it cost for the US to build a robust power grid for 96% of the US? Not the hudgepodge mess we have now
Robust? 96%? The continental US has three power grids. East, West and Texas. My best guess is it would be within the first day we would see rolling brownouts. These would lead to complete blackouts as power failed across the Nation. You want to think in shifts. As the next shift doesn't report in you'll start having automatic shutdowns at nuclear power plants- Scrams to avoid meltdowns. If the next shift doesn't report into dump the coal in the furnaces, when the natural gas stops flowing to the plants, etc.
Robust? 96%? The continental US has three power grids. East, West and Texas. My best guess is it would be within the first day we would see rolling brownouts. These would lead to complete blackouts as power failed across the Nation. You want to think in shifts. As the next shift doesn't report in you'll start having automatic shutdowns at nuclear power plants- Scrams to avoid meltdowns. If the next shift doesn't report into dump the coal in the furnaces, when the natural gas stops flowing to the plants, etc.
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