Some experts say that spare transformers and parts could be purchased and put near critical infrastructure for as little as $6 billion. Some large transformers have a lead time as long as 18 months from order to delivery.
Some experts say that spare transformers and parts could be purchased and put near critical infrastructure for as little as $6 billion. Some large transformers have a lead time as long as 18 months from order to delivery.
And they’re all made in . . . . .
[drumroll]
. . . . China.
Yet the Empire State Building was built in about a year.
Must be union workers building those transformers.
Last time the Austin, TX area had a bad freeze, they decided to play round robin and cut off the electricity for a while. Of course, either they forgot to turn it back on or when they did, it blew transformers. Their spares were used up in no time. Knowing Austin, they didn’t learn their lesson.
I do believe you may be on to something
But no. 18 months is too long. For 18 Billion, you can have them in 6 months !
Transformers are one thing, generators are another - the sort used by dams and power plants - made in Sweden or Norway - backlog is over 2 years. None made in the US.
“Some experts say that spare transformers and parts could be purchased and put near critical infrastructure for as little as $6 billion.”
Gamma rays is burst of high-energy microwave radiation. It penetrates electronic devices whether they are on or off and fries internal electrical components. Stuff has to buried several feet under ground to protect it.
LOTS of Freepers confuse this with the charged particles of a coronal mass ejection (CME). A CME will not take down a power grid. Might burn your house down (power strips catching fire) but the grid will remain on.