Will the Chinese Sink the Grid?

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The article argues that advances in long-duration batteries, including Chinese products, could challenge the rationale for the existing electricity transmission grid. It also raises the risk that foreign hackers or uncontrolled AI systems could accelerate disruption to grid infrastructure.

Chinese longer duration batteries undercut the rationale for our present electricity grid. At the same time, foreign hackers and domestic-but-berserk AI programs could also accelerate the grid’s demise. Sounds extreme? Well, here’s the story. The long-distance, high-voltage transmission network developed: To bring low-cost power from distant resources (such as Niagara Falls or mine-mouth coal-fired stations) to the consumers. To promote load diversity. By tying together customers who used electricity at different times (such as rural…