08-15-2003, 02:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-15-2003, 02:42 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Down here in Tejas. Bright side? NO probs. Down Side? If ours gets screwed, I suspect we have less "depth" to draw from, given its fairly small size in comparison to the other two electrical power grids.
I read with interest the discussion in this morning's paper of how the three major power grids in the US are put together, with the Northern-Eastern tied in with Canada. ( I suspect that is a result of some NATO considerations in the 1960s' when it was refined ) It strikes me that DARPnet and the World Wide Web, with their multinode and multipath structure probably borrowed the idea from a resiliant power grid concept. Maybe not.
I also read with interest the reports of early finger pointing between the Canadian power folks and the US power folks in the Northeast. Seems that one assessment was a lightning strike in the Niagra area created the first casualty, while other reports suggest no such thing took place.
Is more capacity needed? Not in my opinion. More intelligent use, and non wastage of, electrical power would probably go a long way toward preventing cascading brownouts and blackouts.
EDIT ADD: What was this about?
The black smoke that came from that plant was the normal emissions from shutting down the boilers. Why would someone from the PM's office launch an early rumor without checking the facts first? Strikes me as either a spring loaded attitude of "it's all the Yanks' fault" or, and I'd like to think more likely, someone feeling badgered by the reporters' questions and giving an answer without thinking, or fact checking. Stuff like this coming from "The Head Shed" is one of many ways that unfounded rumors spread.
*Pssst, I hear that Ah_nold wears a truss*
I read with interest the discussion in this morning's paper of how the three major power grids in the US are put together, with the Northern-Eastern tied in with Canada. ( I suspect that is a result of some NATO considerations in the 1960s' when it was refined ) It strikes me that DARPnet and the World Wide Web, with their multinode and multipath structure probably borrowed the idea from a resiliant power grid concept. Maybe not.
I also read with interest the reports of early finger pointing between the Canadian power folks and the US power folks in the Northeast. Seems that one assessment was a lightning strike in the Niagra area created the first casualty, while other reports suggest no such thing took place.
Is more capacity needed? Not in my opinion. More intelligent use, and non wastage of, electrical power would probably go a long way toward preventing cascading brownouts and blackouts.
EDIT ADD: What was this about?
Quote:A spokesman for the Canadian prime minister's office said the cause was a fire at a Con Edison power plant in New York.
The black smoke that came from that plant was the normal emissions from shutting down the boilers. Why would someone from the PM's office launch an early rumor without checking the facts first? Strikes me as either a spring loaded attitude of "it's all the Yanks' fault" or, and I'd like to think more likely, someone feeling badgered by the reporters' questions and giving an answer without thinking, or fact checking. Stuff like this coming from "The Head Shed" is one of many ways that unfounded rumors spread.
*Pssst, I hear that Ah_nold wears a truss*
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete