Mike Carrell wrote:
Jed, you got this wrong. The power outage was caused by a fault at a
substation, which disturbed the network and pieces of it
disconnected to prevent damage to eqluipment. . . . The nuclear
plant *did not cause the shutdown*.
Yup. Later reports confirm that. Here's one:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/27/florida.power/index.html
"Florida probes how small mishaps caused massive outages
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Florida authorities are investigating how a
small fire and a switch failure at an electrical substation outside
Miami triggered a power failure that affected millions of people.
When a nuclear power plant sensed the disruption, it shut down. In
turn, the state's power grid triggered rolling blackouts Tuesday
across the state. . . ."
As I said in the book, with something like cold fusion it would be
better not to have a grid.
- Jed
