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Scotty, Beam me up.

Before reading this I highly recommend reading: ‘Electric Future- Transportation’

Ever wonder why they need to shut down your power every time they work on a transformer coming into the grid around you? Why can’t they reroute power another way and avoid the blackout of a whole area on a hot summer day? Why must they sacrifice an entire area of power to replace one measly transformer? The power grid. With a proper power grid the incoming source of electricity can be routed through various redundant systems. Along with that it can be made to work in a way that will not sacrifice power of one area during repair, rather power will be shut off to just that transformer or electrical component until it is repaired.

Of course there is always the chance of a dual failure when it comes to power, and the grid coming from just once centralized power location can seem like it is putting all the eggs in one basket as it were. Well how would we fix it? How would we keep enough redundancies in case of an all out failure? How would power stay online from just one source without a total blackout of everyone using that source?I will address each and every one of these concerns in this: ‘Electric Future – The Grid’.

Come back tomorrow for “Electric Future – The Grid II”