Posted on 09/18/2009 2:08:33 PM PDT by Cindy
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Chinese researchers show how the PRC “owns” the U.S. Power Grid
I had a head-slapping “What the F” moment when I read the New Scientist story “How to Short-Circuit the U.S. Power Grid“.
Let’s start with the fact that the military strategy of the PRC ever since the U.S. speedily won the first Iraq war has been to find ways to mitigate our technological superiority by attacking its most vulnerable point - the network. That includes, as the Wall Street Journal so sensationally reminded us, the U.S. power grid.
How fast do you think this research topic was approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for funding? About a millisecond?
And does anyone feel better that a fix is being worked on by DHS which “may” be ready for testing in the New York region sometime next year?
(Excerpt) Read more at intelfusion.net ...
China has no reason to destroy what it is currently stealing.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327255.900-how-to-shortcircuit-the-us-power-grid.html
“How to short-circuit the US power grid”
11 September 2009 by Paul Marks
SNIPPET: “Wang and colleagues at Dalian University of Technology in the Chinese province of Liaoning modelled the US’s west-coast grid using publicly available data on how it, and its subnetworks, are connected (Safety Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.02.002).”
SNIPPET: “The US Department of Homeland Security is reviewing the research, says John Verrico, the department’s technology spokesman, who adds that countermeasures are already in the works. “Our engineers are working on a self-limiting, high-temperature superconductor technology which would stop and prevent power surges generated anywhere in the system from spreading to other substations. Pilot tests in New York City may be ready as soon as 2010.””
Its not stealing it. Were giving it to them. Exchanging our dollars for plastic crap at walmart.
Old news.
Under the Clinton's we GAVE AWAY our secrets for cash.
China has NO intention of destroying the U.S.. It would be insane from THEIR perspective. The U.S. OWES CHINA too much money. There is no way in the world CHINA will jeopardize the repayment of U.S. debt to them.
Silly ....
NO Cheers, unfortunately.
These Chicomms are insane. But then again, so are our officials.
Paper for plastic? Only one is made from a renewable resource.
We must not forget who put us here and who is taking us further down this road
Don't underestimate our enemies. Our attention span is months; theirs is centuries.
Here is an idea that will firmly establish a vulnerable power point...from a post on www.peakoil.com
NM project would link nation’s 3 electric grids
Hydrocarbon AlternativesALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Officials announced an ambitious project in New Mexico on Tuesday that would allow energy to flow more freely across the nation’s three massive power grids, breaking down significant barriers to ramping up alternative energy in the United States.
The proposed Tres Amigas SuperStation in Clovis, N.M., would help route energy from isolated wind and solar installations to urban centers and other places that consume the most power.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who served as President Bill Clinton’s energy secretary, said the transmission station would be “historic.”
“This is going to be the largest power converter in the world, making New Mexico the meeting place for America’s electricity needs,” he said at a news conference to unveil the project.
The transmission hub would be located across 22 square miles in eastern New Mexico near the Texas border. Clovis was chosen because it is nearest to where the nation’s three power grids — called the East, West and Texas interconnections — come closest together.
If I understand correctly, the vulnerability is because the grids are linked together. If each power grid was independently operated it POSSIBLY may be more secure? Am I correct here?
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