boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe world’s power grids, 50 million miles’ worth, need a major overhaulwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down11cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkThe world’s power grids, 50 million miles’ worth, need a major overhaulwww.theverge.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareRokk@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoI don’t think the solution to that problem though is having multiple, smaller, unconnected grids. I think it’s to just have a more resilient grid system that doesn’t have any areas that are a single point of a failure
minus-squareshortwavesurfer@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoMany smaller, unconnected grids would also allow more resilience against something like solar flares as there aren’t nearly as long of wires to build up a charge over and fry things.
I don’t think the solution to that problem though is having multiple, smaller, unconnected grids.
I think it’s to just have a more resilient grid system that doesn’t have any areas that are a single point of a failure
Many smaller, unconnected grids would also allow more resilience against something like solar flares as there aren’t nearly as long of wires to build up a charge over and fry things.