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decayo t1_j5p5auv wrote

Reply to comment by thrunabulax in Why does this state seem to lose power so frequently? It’s always related to downed power lines from trees? Or is this a grid issue? by JayBisky

The problem isn't supply. It's local lines being downed by trees. The project you are talking about wouldn't help.

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vexingsilence t1_j5pbba0 wrote

Might help if an ice storm hit part of the state and destroyed those types of lines. I watched a line of electric towers fall during the big ice storm. Made a bizarre green glow as the whole line collapsed. They had to evacuate Montréal because they lost two of the three major supply lines going to it. Everyone there has electric heat. No power, everyone freezes.

But yea, generally it's the local circuits. One part gets cut, they all go out. Like old fashioned Christmas lights.

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thrunabulax t1_j5pk36r wrote

thats what anti-techonologists ALWAY whine.

after fighting the electric grid companies tooth and nail for a decade, then you all turn around and whine that your power keeps going out.

if the grid company is not making money, it is going to spend bupkiss keeping the local distribution lines free and clear!

you can not have it both ways

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decayo t1_j5pq5nx wrote

You are the first person that has ever described me as an "anti-technologist". I work at one of the largest tech companies in the world, remotely over the internet, seated in front of a 55 inch QD-OLED that I use as a monitor. I bought 3 new tvs in the last year and have built a new computer at least every 2 years for the last 20. Knowing how the grid works isn't "anti-technologist". The idea that power companies aren't making money, or that the "northern pass" is the only way to fix that, comes from a hopelessly simplistic view of energy policy that is driven entirely by industry propaganda that says "if only you'd give us everything we want everything would be so much better". You're a mark.

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