silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months ago
silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months ago
PG&E literally went bankrupt because they didn’t inspect a powerline, and the cast-iron hooks holding it up swung slowly back and forth over a century until they wore through, dropping a live powerline to the ground, sparking a fire, and causing towns to burn down.
Yeah so unless there was a complete overhaul that involved firing multiple layers of management maybe putting more load on the grid isn’t the best idea.
The bankruptcy took out a big chunk of their executive team, and induced a huge investment in grid upgrades. So completely reasonable actually.