How am I going to charge my electric car?

[SurelySerious]

  On 5/12/2021 at 12:01 AM, arg said:

I guess an electric car would be handy in the eastern states right about now.

Until they hack the grid. All of our infrastructure is shockingly vulnerable.

[czecksikhs]

  On 5/12/2021 at 12:07 AM, SurelySerious said:

Until they hack the grid. All of our infrastructure is shockingly vulnerable.

They hacked one pipeline company and managed a gas shortage on the entire east coast...

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[SocialD]

The gas shortage that wasn't.  Panic buying caused long lines but there wasn't really a supply problem.  People lose their minds based on sensational news stories.  Anecdotally, my uncle just drove home through 3 of the states states that were "most hit."  Aside from spending a few extra minutes in line (panic buying), he didn't have a problem getting gas.  He noted a few gas stations appeared to be out of gas, but hell, I saw that in Tennessee driving home during spring break this year. 

 

I remember on the evening of 9/11, even in my podunk town (pop. ~900), our lone gas station had a line of nearly 100 cars.  This same thing has played out numerous times since, and so far they've all ended up a nothing burger.  So far...because I acknowledge the reports that our infrastructure is vulnerable and I'm hoping IT (or government) spending will be going up soon for our those companies. 

Edited May 14, 2021 by SocialD

[SurelySerious]

  On 5/14/2021 at 9:50 AM, czecksikhs said:

They hacked one pipeline company and managed a gas shortage on the entire east coast...

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And your point is? That doesn’t change that our electric grid and most other infrastructure are just as vulnerable. In 2003 a software bug at one control room took out electricity for most of the northeast US and Canada.

[Lawman]

  On 5/14/2021 at 9:50 AM, czecksikhs said:

They hacked one pipeline company and managed a gas shortage on the entire east coast...

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2003 there was a power outage across a swath of the Greatlakes//Canada/NY region of the country as the result of a software bug in a single company causing a cascade across the grid.

Some people lost power as little as 2 hours, others didn’t get it back for 4 days... People were sleeping on roofs in certain cities because it also happened to be the middle of August.

You don’t think a cyber attack couldn’t achieve that or greater?

[arg]

[arg]

Looks like Tesla will be the Tucker of EVs

 

[arg]

Interesting 

Edit My 97 7.3 Powerstroke got 14mpg pulling a trailer, combined weight 23,000. I'm surprised the Dodge got less than ten pulling that trailer.

Edited January 29, 2023 by arg
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