• silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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    12 days ago

    PG&E literally went bankrupt because they didn’t inspect a powerline, and the cast-iron hooks holding it up swung slowly back and forth over a century until they wore through, dropping a live powerline to the ground, sparking a fire, and causing towns to burn down.

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      12 days ago

      Yeah so unless there was a complete overhaul that involved firing multiple layers of management maybe putting more load on the grid isn’t the best idea.

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        12 days ago

        The bankruptcy took out a big chunk of their executive team, and induced a huge investment in grid upgrades. So completely reasonable actually.