One Worldwide Power Grid

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday August 17, 2003 @04:10AM from the thinking-through-tat-one-again dept.

randomned writes "A little ironic that this article on a world wide power grid was published in the September issue of Wired. With the recent outage on in the northeast, think of what could've happened if the entire world was on one grid." As someone who spent 23 and a half hours without power, I'm thinking this is a brilliant plan!

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Office Space by gooru · 2003-08-17 04:13 · Score: 1, Funny

"This is horrible, this idea." -- Office Space
1. Re:Office Space by cscx · 2003-08-17 05:05 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Sounds better when Samir says it...
Northeast? by Vic · 2003-08-17 04:13 · Score: 5, Funny

From my perspective (Canadian) it's more accurate to say it was in the south-east. :)
1. Re:Northeast? by Xzzy · 2003-08-17 04:17 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  As a Canadian, you should have learned by age 2 that America is incapable of reporting on anything from other than it's own perspective. ;)
2. Re:Northeast? by freeweed · 2003-08-17 04:49 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  if I want to read a straight-up unadulterated Iraqi viewpoint of the war, or the outage, or anything, I'm not going to go to Fox News, I'm going to go to an Iraqi news source.
  
  Yeah, because we all know just how well informed the Iraqi Information Minister is. I'm still pretty sure the Americans haven't been into Baghdad yet.
  
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One Power Grid... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-17 04:14 · Score: 5, Funny

One Grid to rule them all,
One Grid to find them,
One Grid to bring them all,
And in the Darkness bind them...
greed by L0rax23 · 2003-08-17 04:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Once the grid is fully functional, the only excuse for power shortages will be greed.

Good thing we don't hafta worry about greed!
total blackout's now possible? by wardk · 2003-08-17 04:36 · Score: 2, Funny

not so sure I want my grid connected to this new york grid. at least right now I just get to read about the blackout, not participate. ;-)
An oldie, but a damn fine goodie by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-17 04:44 · Score: 5, Funny

In A.D. 2001
Dubya was beginning
Davis: What happen?
SoCal Edison: Somebody set up us the blackout.
PG&E: We get bankruptcy.
Davis: What !
PG&E: Electricity turn off.
Davis: It's you !!
BC Hydro: How are you gentlemen !!
BC Hydro: All your power are belong to us.
BC Hydro: You are on the way to Stone Age.
Davis: What you say !!
BC Hydro: You have no chance to Chapter 11 make your payment.
PG&E: Governor !!
Davis: Take off every 'regulation' !!
Davis: You know what you doing.
Davis: Move 'regulation'.
Davis: For great darkness.
Re:I think this is very dangerous. by los+furtive · 2003-08-17 04:45 · Score: 4, Funny

A world wide power grid mean that the whole world is connected with one power grid.

Mensa member, beware of stating the obvious.
One country could e.g. try to suck all power out of the grid to black out an opponent and make a preventive strike against them.
No, that would be an offensive strike. There is no such thing as a preventative strike, only those who strike first.
I think I dodn't have to point out further how dangerous this would be.

You're right, you dodn't.
Mensa member, beware of the high IQ
Mensa member, beware of the grammar.

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OMG by sandalwood · 2003-08-17 05:07 · Score: 3, Funny

A bad idea? In Wired Magazine!? Say it isn't so!