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RE: Electricity--Past, Present and Future: Moving into the 21st Century with Microgrids

in #science6 years ago

What a blog! (yours from last month). Of course, the worst thing that might happen is loss of Netflix--oh, no. Seriously, you make the argument so well for preparedness. It's kind of a creepy Walking Dead apocalypse scenario. I do think the age of the grid is over...so vulnerable, so inefficient. Part of the resistance to addressing the issue is lack of imagination--people can't believe that life as they know it can disappear--and also money. Powerful forces are invested in the grid system: utility companies, stockholders, oil and gas producers, even government agencies. A new, smart, reliable, sustainable system of electricity delivery is not in their short-term interest.
Can't believe I missed your post--great stuff I miss on Steemit. Need a better system of sorting through.
Thank you for resteeming, and for your good wishes. The fact that you think the blog is worthwhile makes my day.

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Thanks, yes I was pleased with that one, even if it did turn out a little dark in the end.

Part of the resistance to addressing the issue is lack of imagination. People can't believe that life as they know it can disappear

I have this sort of feeling for a lot of problems, until that is I meet the people that actually work on the problems. For instance, before I was around public health people I thought a global flu pandemic would for sure lead to the classic apocalypse scenario. Now, however, I understand more of the complexities and can see that governments do a lot of work behind the scenes preparing for these scenarios. I'm willing to bet that power infrastructure is the same.

Yes I'm interested to see how the new steemSTEM app will change the curation. I try to keep my feed updated but there is still a far amount of crap to sift through on a daily basis.

Thanks for the reassurance--if people like you are working at it, I feel better :)

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