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I think one of the societal/reliability problems that I have not seen much discussed is the fact that by moving industries from various fuel types over to electricity, we are getting closer to a single point of failure--when the grid goes down, everything goes down, once batteries run low. As an example, it used to be the case that electric and telephone services were separate, so that if power failed, we could still call someone on a landline. Now, if power goes out and I don't have a spare battery for my cell phone, I will be out of luck. The same is true for electric cars--we now have alternatives in an emergency, and an attacker would have to disrupt at least two transmission systems (electricity and gasoline or diesel). Once we go all-electric, there will not be a plan b for driving, if electricity fails for an extended time. Think terrorist attack, or major natural disaster knocking power out for weeks or months.

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vorpal's avatar

Like a common Hillary!

And about those rad/fem/les M&M's....

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