60 Hurts per Second – How We Got Access to Enough Solar Power to Run the United States
The electricity grid – the buzzing, crackling marvel that supplies the lifeblood
of modernity – is by far the largest structure humanity ever built. It’s so big,
in fact, that few people even notice it, like a fish can’t see the ocean.
of modernity – is by far the largest structure humanity ever built. It’s so big,
in fact, that few people even notice it, like a fish can’t see the ocean.
Until the grid goes down, that is. Then, like the fish dangling from the
angler’s hook, we see our vulnerability. Modernity dissolves into a sudden
silence, followed by the repeated flick of a light switch, and a howl of panic
at the prospect of missed appointmen
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