“You should probably watch John Oliver's Power Grid episode”
John Oliver episode explaining the power grid.
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You should probably watch John Oliver's Power Grid episode The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) this video
The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
7.3M views · Nov 8, 2021 · 22:29 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2021–2025
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the state of the US power grid, why it needs fixing, and the risks of aging infrastructure.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as an entertaining primer on grid problems, and cited for aging equipment causing fires.
“You should probably watch John Oliver's Power Grid episode”HN comment, 2021
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Cited for US power grid problems.
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Those two states are indeed what I had in mind. I was assuming that many other states are in a similar situation considering that the power grid is a frequent topic of US issues [1]. [1]: this video
“90 year old electric line equipment responsible for fires”
Segment on aging electric line equipment causing fires.
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Bad forest management or ... bad electrical equipment ? This excerpt of the last week tonight show 90 year old electric line equipment responsible for fires : this video I don't pretend to know anything and I don't know how common this is but it is pretty concerning and I wonder if anything has been done about that.