The Blackout That Could Devastate America

🇺🇸 New York Times Technology (US) —

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The U.S. power grid is at risk due to thousands of aging transformers, which if they fail in large numbers could cause a blackout lasting years. This highlights critical infrastructure vulnerabilities in the United States.

The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.

World Security Energy power grid blackout transformers infrastructure risk United States energy security

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