Will the Chinese Sink the Grid?

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…