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One Worldwide Power Grid

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. Northeast? by Vic · · Score: 5, Funny

    From my perspective (Canadian) it's more accurate to say it was in the south-east. :)

    1. Re:Northeast? by Xzzy · · 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 · · 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.

      --
      Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
  2. One Power Grid... by Anonymous Coward · · 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...

  3. greed by L0rax23 · · 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!

  4. An oldie, but a damn fine goodie by Anonymous Coward · · 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.