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Blackouts Surge: How Fragile Grids Threaten Global Energy Security
On April 28, 2025, the lights went out across Spain and Portugal, and just four days later, the island of Bali was wrapped into darkness.
In both cases, it happened in seconds. No war. No cyberattack. No act of nature. Just the hard truth of how today’s energy systems can wobble and break!
But let´s be honest… what happened in Spain, Portugal, and Bali isn’t just their problem. It’s our preview… a warning.
Power outages used to be rare, localized, and manageable. But not anymore. What happened in Spain, Portugal, and Bali in April 2025 was caused by fragile systems operating under idealistic assumptions. more
Just think…All those god-awful scented candles you received as gifts may actually come in handy soon!
I’m so stocked up on Emergency candles that if my house ever catches fire it will burn for 8 hrs.
Why does the house smell like Gwyneth Paltrow’s hooha?
Throw in lack of preventative maintenance on the grid and safety/emergency training being cut, we could be looking at a real disaster.
Neither are Chimp outs
Nor are Plane Crashes or Ship sinkings…
Re-read Atlas shrugged if you got the time.
Those were system tests. They will take us down when they are ready.
” They will take us down when they are ready.”
Not taking me down because I don’t go up. A couple weeks ago Tucker Carlson sold his brand new shiny GM made Yukon because he was gassing up and noticed his on board computer was down loading. So some what alarmed he contacted some of his buds familiar with the new world wide connectivity and they told him, no bull shit. Your cars down loading your driving habits to your insurance company. So what else are they down loading? Tuckers now driving a 1969 long bed single cab restored pick up truck.
We need Chernobyl 2 to get my point across, Green Energy is here to stay and it is perfectly safe. This will provide green energy for future generations.
They long to live as primitive Third Worlders. They’ve earned that opportunity.
President Trump wants to separate our fortunes and stop us from funding their stupidity. Another reason to appreciate and support Trump
It’s only going to get worse.
Look up AI farms and energy usage for a frightening scenario.
Maybe the machine will repurpose energy for itself.
Come on down and drink a big glass of Richmond Va. City water!!!
What we have is morality crisis. The “Grid” is old, very old. Most of it was built in the 40’s and 50’s and maintenance was dramatically reduced in the 70’s because “these systems show signs of resilience so we can save money by not doing maintenance”. Fast forward to when the Boomers took over leadership positions in business and now the only thing they cared about was money and stocks.
Most companies now are more concerned with stockholders shares than actually providing a service to the public. Look at energy production companies, they forego or defer maintenance based on profit margins. Now we are at the point where whole systems will need to be replaced at an extremely high cost to rate payers because that energy company isn’t going to take a hit to the pockets
Forgot to add that I can’t wait for the “wolf of wall street boomers” to finally die off already.
The very word blackout is a racist term. I was in my master bedroom, in the master closet when the blackout hit. The rest is history.