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Congratulations: If you're reading this, you have electricity. Unfortunately, more than 3 million Americans this weekend couldn't join you. The sweltering heat wave that roasted the eastern United States was accompanied by terrible storms that have knocked out power lines up and down the seaboard.
While you enjoy your air conditioning, you might want to take a minute to consider: Why do Americans tolerate such outages?
Want to keep Electric Power on? - CNN
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Energy Risks - the dangers of power cuts and blackouts
Many companies are unprepared for business disruptions caused by power blackouts, and are often unaware of the true costs and impact that they can have on their operations.
While the majority of power failures from national grids last only a few hours, some blackouts can last days or even weeks, completely shutting down production at companies and critical infrastructures such as telecommunication networks, financial services, water supplies and hospitals.
Furthermore, it is likely that power blackouts will become more frequent owing to the lack of incentives to invest in aged national grid infrastructures in Europe and the US, as well as the fact that energy from decentralized, volatile renewable sources is not well aligned to work on electricity grids that were designed 50 or 60 years ago. Also, as more and more grids are interconnected, a blackout in one region can trigger a domino effect that could result in supra-regional blackouts.
Power outage risks and impact on business
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If Republicans don't care about the "people", then do it for the companies. They're "people" too.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPQkd_AA6c]Romney: Corporations Are People, My Friend. - YouTube[/ame]
While you enjoy your air conditioning, you might want to take a minute to consider: Why do Americans tolerate such outages?
Want to keep Electric Power on? - CNN
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Energy Risks - the dangers of power cuts and blackouts
Many companies are unprepared for business disruptions caused by power blackouts, and are often unaware of the true costs and impact that they can have on their operations.
While the majority of power failures from national grids last only a few hours, some blackouts can last days or even weeks, completely shutting down production at companies and critical infrastructures such as telecommunication networks, financial services, water supplies and hospitals.
Furthermore, it is likely that power blackouts will become more frequent owing to the lack of incentives to invest in aged national grid infrastructures in Europe and the US, as well as the fact that energy from decentralized, volatile renewable sources is not well aligned to work on electricity grids that were designed 50 or 60 years ago. Also, as more and more grids are interconnected, a blackout in one region can trigger a domino effect that could result in supra-regional blackouts.
Power outage risks and impact on business
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If Republicans don't care about the "people", then do it for the companies. They're "people" too.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPQkd_AA6c]Romney: Corporations Are People, My Friend. - YouTube[/ame]