Power Grid Collapse: Hundreds of Millions of People in India Without Electricity: Are You Ready for a Major Power Outage?
Heisenberg
2012/07/31 18:00:00
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***UPDATE*** Second blackout means 670 million people without power.
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Northern India's power grid crashed Monday, halting trains, forcing hospitals and airports onto backup power and providing a dark reminder of the nation's inability to feed a growing hunger for energy as it strives to become an economic power.
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Northern India's power grid crashed Monday, halting trains, forcing hospitals and airports onto backup power and providing a dark reminder of the nation's inability to feed a growing hunger for energy as it strives to become an economic power.
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Top Opinion
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Fef 2012/07/30 23:30:04
We're ready to live Neolithic if need be. We do it when camping for fun, but who knows what the future holds. :-)
i have to agree...I don't worry about The Collapse anymore, as I know what to do to survive and do so pretty comfortably, even Neolithically.
It's a nice feeling to be free of that old worry--never realized how massive a thing it was until I realized it was gone.
To be bluntly honest, I actually dislike coming back to the world a little bit after a week long, or longer, trip out into the wilds with Husband.
...and, those ancient skills are fun to practice, as that's Human history right there in your hands. :-)
Very true...and they might think that a gold bar in their pocket is the e-ticket ride to a life of ease post-Collapse, but I ask you...would YOU trade food/ammo/tools or other useful items for gold in the post-Collapse??
Hell no.
The only things worth anything in that situation will be Useful things, including skills, like hunting, woodworking, survival knowledge, leatherworking-hide-tanning knowledge, electrical knowledge, soap-making knowledge, ammo/reloading ability, nails, seeds, metalworking skills, etc.. NObody's gonna care about shiny metal, they're gonna be focussed on things that'll help them live.
Soap, as example...how much would that be worth post-Collapse??
Quite a bit, when you think about it, yes??
We could cook and keep warm in the winter with fires, but nothing beats electricity for air conditioning (or even fans) and refrigerating food, and it would take a long time to bring back old-fashioned "ice boxes" during a long-term power outage. Plus, most of us are so unused to candles nowadays that we'd be liable to burn down entire buildings. ;) I could survive, but it wouldn't be pretty.
The Oil-Energy Economy is screwed, and switching over now sure beats trying to do so in a crisis, as NOW it can be done comfortably, and without significant market upset.
It's Open-Source Licensed.
NON-Proprietary.
So any of you who want to make use of it, by all means please do!!
That's what it's FOR. Decentralized generation. On-site home-power generation. power-security.
Why did we throw away the benefits of keeping it Proprietary??
Because, that's NOT what we're like or about.
There's more than $$ in life--but you folks can imagine the hassles we're getting to reverse the Open-License because a lot of 'Interests' want to glom the rights and use it as an energy-economy weapon.
24/7/365 Baseload supply, same or superior output to coal/gas/nuclear--but NO fuel/waste/emissions licensing costs??
Now, if you had the rights to this, and no one else did, you can control nations by holding it from them as they try to compete against industrial bases using this system.
NO. Not the best way to try to make the world a better place for people.
Theref...
The Oil-Energy Economy is screwed, and switching over now sure beats trying to do so in a crisis, as NOW it can be done comfortably, and without significant market upset.
It's Open-Source Licensed.
NON-Proprietary.
So any of you who want to make use of it, by all means please do!!
That's what it's FOR. Decentralized generation. On-site home-power generation. power-security.
Why did we throw away the benefits of keeping it Proprietary??
Because, that's NOT what we're like or about.
There's more than $$ in life--but you folks can imagine the hassles we're getting to reverse the Open-License because a lot of 'Interests' want to glom the rights and use it as an energy-economy weapon.
24/7/365 Baseload supply, same or superior output to coal/gas/nuclear--but NO fuel/waste/emissions licensing costs??
Now, if you had the rights to this, and no one else did, you can control nations by holding it from them as they try to compete against industrial bases using this system.
NO. Not the best way to try to make the world a better place for people.
Therefore--Open-Source License, available to Everyone.
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