Spanish Blackouts

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Back in the day—when dinosaurs roamed and I still had knees—energy systems were bloated, inefficient, and padded with enough political appointees to run a small kingdom. But you know what? The lights stayed on. Electricity was pricey, sure, but blackouts were unicorns—rare, almost mythical. I counted fewer than five in my entire childhood. Contrast that with Sub-Saharan Africa, where power cuts are basically part of the national anthem. Why? Because no one trusts the grid—and why should they? Fast forward to today, and our once-stable, overbuilt infrastructure got handed over—gratis—to the altar of wind and solar. These “green saviors” didn’t bother to fund the buffer capacity they rely on, and now we’re reaping the rewards: the same brittle, unreliable grid people in failed states live with daily. Except ours comes with hashtags and smug press releases.

Spanish Blackouts
Spanish Blackouts

By Paul Homewood I’m sure you’ve all read about that power cuts in Spain and Portugal yesterday. They are a reminder of just how reliant our societies have become on electricity. Such power cuts ar…
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