tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post4805458620674386490..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: UnpreparedKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-65517511114112729062007-09-16T19:59:00.000-04:002007-09-16T19:59:00.000-04:00"odograph, without question our electrical grid in..."odograph, without question our electrical grid in this country is the enevy of the world. However, it's only as good as it's weakest link."<BR/><BR/>Strictly speaking, only true in a system without redundancy. ;-)<BR/><BR/>In a redundant system, it is only as weak as the probability of concurrent failure across the weakest links.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-33237849855445163752007-09-11T22:29:00.000-04:002007-09-11T22:29:00.000-04:00odograph, without question our electrical grid in ...odograph, without question our electrical grid in this country is the enevy of the world. However, it's only as good as it's weakest link.<BR/><BR/>Fact is, all of this country's infrastructure is relying upon continous electrical power. Time being the essence, before cascading problems become insurmountable.<BR/><BR/>One day without power is manageable, this does not imply, "decline and fall". I did not know that, that visualization hamperd peak oil. Could you be more clear about this?<BR/><BR/>I'm not worried about a day, or two, maybe three....After that life without electricity quickly becomes a life and death matter...<BR/><BR/>If one region of the country's three grids failed and could not be brought back up within a week, a die-off would begin in earnest. How else could it be? Even if the rest of the country could come to the aid of those in that region, we could not deliever the amount of resources needed, "in time".....<BR/><BR/>Thanks, yooper.yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-65406627163708028832007-09-10T22:42:00.000-04:002007-09-10T22:42:00.000-04:00Human beings can deal with far worse, and many aro...Human beings can deal with far worse, and many around the world do, every day.<BR/><BR/>It may be a shock when we Americans don't actually have electricity 7x24, but that really shows how good the system has been.<BR/><BR/>The trick I think is to recognize the actual uptime (at least 99.9% in your area) and compare that to regions with genuine troubles.<BR/><BR/>And certainly it would be an improper generalization to say that one day without power implies decline and fall. That is nonetheless the visualization that hampers peak oil.<BR/><BR/>Since we can see how bad one day without power is, we can fear one year ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-23087345761941852102007-09-10T06:29:00.000-04:002007-09-10T06:29:00.000-04:00Good thing the power went out when you were at hom...Good thing the power went out when you were at home and not at the airport. Your story might have been quite different.yooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11297259993402713368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-3126851565071813782007-09-09T23:12:00.000-04:002007-09-09T23:12:00.000-04:00It was my understanding that in the light of the u...It was my understanding that in the light of the useless and even counterproductive government response Hurricane Katrina, many Americans were making their own preparations, returning in some ways to the Cold War bunker-in-the-backyard days?Hanley Tuckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047638048463160737noreply@blogger.com