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The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the state of the US power grid, why it needs fixing, and the risks of aging infrastructure.
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Recommended as an entertaining primer on grid problems, and cited for aging equipment causing fires.
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You should probably watch John Oliver's Power Grid episode The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Those two states are indeed what I had in mind. I was assuming that many other states are in a similar situation considering that the power grid is a frequent topic of US issues [1]. [1]: [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Bad forest management or ... bad electrical equipment ? This excerpt of the last week tonight show 90 year old electric line equipment responsible for fires : [VIDEO] I don't pretend to know anything and I don't know how common this is but it is pretty concerning and I wonder if anything has been done about that.
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