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get ye a battery power station

eia.govHurricanes in 2024 led to the most hours without power in the United States in 10 years - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)Menu

ryan cooper

@ryanlcooper.com

“We came up with some very astounding numbers,” Wellinghoff said. “If you knock out nine total substations among those three grids, you can black out the entire United States.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m...

nytimes.comWhat if America Went Completely Dark?The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.

Michael Roberts is categorically not building machetebots

@vivtek.com

Joke's on him, Puerto Rico is also part of the entire United States but our power company already blacks us out on a regular basis. Way ahead of the game!

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