Non photo related lights out

[golunvolo]

Just a heads up: it looks like electricity is out in the whole Spain, Portugal and a parts of sought France. For sure here in Cadiz. Heading to work in a while to see how are we doing there.

  Do you guys, specially europeans, have any blackout time?

 Paco

[Hugh_3170]

Got lots of hits on MR Google, e.g.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-portugal-power-cut-outage-electricity-b2740767.html

[Frank Fremerey]

Just a heads up: it looks like electricity is out in the whole Spain, Portugal and a parts of sought France. For sure here in Cadiz. Heading to work in a while to see how are we doing there.
Do you guys, specially europeans, have any blackout time?
Paco

If Europe continues down the "Smart Grid Path" but builds the parts of the grid so unevenly, load balancing will fail more often and the strategic vulnarability of the network will rise sharply. I am really troubled and concerned about this development.

[Fons Baerken]

As was predicted by the late chairman of the new globalist order; 'a comprehensive cyberattack'!
Sorry for people that got stuck in an elevator and all others. The rest of Europe will certainly follow in due time.

[Frank Fremerey]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_European_power_outage

[Frank Fremerey]

But there is hope on the horizon. Hope to see these operational, not only in cargo ships but also on the grid:
https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/04/28/china-has-reportedly-launched-the-worlds-first-nuclear-reactor-that-doesnt-run-on-uranium/
CORRECTION: The article states that all this is "world first" but it is not. It has been done in Oak Ridge for decades before Carter or Clinton shut the thing down.
Documentation here: https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/the-passion-of-alvin-weinbergan here: https://www.ornl.gov/blog/visit-alvin-weinberg

[Hugh_3170]

Frank, it is so hard to believe that the Thorium cycle reactor technology hasn't been pushed much much harder before now.  I guess that the oil lobby is still omni-powerful and that too many of its former executives find their way into the worlds parliaments and governments for my likeing.

Kudos to the Chinese if they are first to market with the thorium reactors - goodness knows how long it will take to get fusion reactors ready for market, so we need bridging technologies ASAP.

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But there is hope on the horizon. Hope to see these operational, not only in cargo ships but also on the grid:
https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/04/28/china-has-reportedly-launched-the-worlds-first-nuclear-reactor-that-doesnt-run-on-uranium/
CORRECTION: The article states that all this is "world first" but it is not. It has been done in Oak Ridge for decades before Carter or Clinton shut the thing down.
Documentation here: https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/the-passion-of-alvin-weinbergan here: https://www.ornl.gov/blog/visit-alvin-weinberg

[Frank Fremerey]

I do not believe in Fusion and we do not need Fusion for the next 10.000 years, so it is not urgent either

[Fons Baerken]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_European_power_outage

Wikipedia is hardly to be taken serious here, anyone can publish in wikipedia.

[Birna Rørslett]

OK guys, let us close the tangential topic(s) here.

[ARTUROARTISTA]

Here in Murcia we have been without electricity, internet or telephones for ten hours, without information, and well, a disaster.