The probability of a blackout is high in Europe, the grids are at the limit. In addition, there is the nuclear phase-out of Germany, by 2022 all nuclear power plants there will be shut down and only a few are still operating. Furthermore, Germany also wants to shut down all coal-fired power plants, where you get the electricity from is questionable.
In winter the German solar and wind power plants don't bring much and a lot of electricity has to be imported, it needs a very cold winter and a line north to south has to fail, and Europe is sitting in the dark very fast, and that could take a long time until there is electricity here again. One thing is almost certain, a blackout that lasts a few days here will claim thousands more victims than Corona. Whether you will bring the grid back up is another question. Furthermore, these networks and transformers are endangered by hackers and terrorists, transformer stations are everywhere and they are not guarded or shielded, it always amazes me that terrorists have never planned an attack on such a plant, without energy we quickly live again in the stone age, with the ongoing digitalization and the shutdown of analog systems, this system is becoming more and more delicate. I installed an emergency power system in the basement two years ago, but I have to be honest just to bridge a mini blackout and only for the most important devices. If it goes on for more than a week or two I disappear into the mountains, even if it is a big risk, but better to end up as wildlife, because then people become animals.
In winter the German solar and wind power plants don't bring much and a lot of electricity has to be imported, it needs a very cold winter and a line north to south has to fail, and Europe is sitting in the dark very fast, and that could take a long time until there is electricity here again. One thing is almost certain, a blackout that lasts a few days here will claim thousands more victims than Corona. Whether you will bring the grid back up is another question. Furthermore, these networks and transformers are endangered by hackers and terrorists, transformer stations are everywhere and they are not guarded or shielded, it always amazes me that terrorists have never planned an attack on such a plant, without energy we quickly live again in the stone age, with the ongoing digitalization and the shutdown of analog systems, this system is becoming more and more delicate. I installed an emergency power system in the basement two years ago, but I have to be honest just to bridge a mini blackout and only for the most important devices. If it goes on for more than a week or two I disappear into the mountains, even if it is a big risk, but better to end up as wildlife, because then people become animals.
