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Austrian government communication about possible energy shortage in Europe
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SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: nctnico on November 01, 2021, 01:16:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: DavidAlfa on November 01, 2021, 09:46:03 am ---So that's why we've had so much zombie apocalypse hype all these years! :-DD
Jokes apart, they're bad news, but I also like the fact that we've finally seen there're no unlimited sources and how dependant we are.

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I disagree. The energy shortage in Europe is mostly self inflicted by switching off coal & nuclear power plants and (in case of the Netherlands: stop pumping gas from the ground). These are measures which can all be reversed if a big shortage is to be expected.

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Indeed. But reversed? Not necessarily easily. If you stop a nuclear plant, you're not going to restart it like this easily. ::)
Refrigerator:
I guess the quirk of living in a country that lags behind the modern world by some 10 years is that i don't really have to worry about these shortages.
I can just continue shoveling coal into my furnace as usual.  ;D
But this shortage will serve as the perfect excuse for me to splurge on some cheap solar panels.  :-+
Just_another_Dave:

--- Quote from: DavidAlfa on November 01, 2021, 09:46:03 am ---So that's why we've had so much zombie apocalypse hype all these years! :-DD

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I’ve just seen that they’ve made a series about a covid variant that turns people into zombies. It seems that someone considered that we weren’t prepared enough  :-DD
Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: wilfred on November 01, 2021, 11:37:21 am ---Here in Australia in Victoria we had an explosion at a gas plant in 1998 that cut gas supplies to millions of people for weeks. No gas for heating hot water or cooking for nearly 3 weeks in some places. It is hard to believe it was over 20 years ago but it happens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esso_Longford_gas_explosion

Even with a relatively small inconvenience of such a disaster it is satisfying to know you can get through it.

Even further back in 1985 when I was in Brisbane we had two weeks of rolling blackouts (load shedding) when the government sacked 1000 electricity workers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEQEB_strike_of_Queensland,_1985

Just last week I went to the supermarket and the meat, dairy and milk fridges were empty because the power had gone out in a big storm. OK not a disaster unless you choose to live right on the edge in terms of supplies at home. Which many do for various reasons.

Energy shortages come in many forms. It pays to have a sensible plan B. And I don't mean a tin of beans and a bunker in the desert.

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I dunno about anyone else who read that, but I see a common denominator. Wilfred is an apocalyptic menace.

 ;)
Someone:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on November 05, 2021, 09:54:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: wilfred on November 01, 2021, 11:37:21 am ---Here in Australia in Victoria we had an explosion at a gas plant in 1998 that cut gas supplies to millions of people for weeks. No gas for heating hot water or cooking for nearly 3 weeks in some places. It is hard to believe it was over 20 years ago but it happens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esso_Longford_gas_explosion

Even with a relatively small inconvenience of such a disaster it is satisfying to know you can get through it.

Even further back in 1985 when I was in Brisbane we had two weeks of rolling blackouts (load shedding) when the government sacked 1000 electricity workers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEQEB_strike_of_Queensland,_1985

Just last week I went to the supermarket and the meat, dairy and milk fridges were empty because the power had gone out in a big storm. OK not a disaster unless you choose to live right on the edge in terms of supplies at home. Which many do for various reasons.

Energy shortages come in many forms. It pays to have a sensible plan B. And I don't mean a tin of beans and a bunker in the desert.
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I dunno about anyone else who read that, but I see a common denominator. Wilfred is an apocalyptic menace.
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Yet no mention of bushfire, flood, cyclone, earthquake, locust plague, ... etc.

Major energy/power outages have mostly been from interruptions of the supply lines (transport) in various ways, so the above two examples are interesting examples of the more unusual/interesting events. Energy supply redundancy is quite limited for most people! Austria is interesting as they have significant electricity import/export flows relying on neighbours and the larger multi-nation grid for their stability/reliability, so they are right to be worried about possible major shortfalls.
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