National power blackout emergency in Spain/Portugal

[Strat]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by Bruce G Charlton (here)
I lived through many power cuts over several years during the 1970s in Britain - due to strikes and other forms of Industrial Action.

But the thing is - things are different now. Nowadays, fifty years on; in developed nations almost everything needs electricity - whereas in the 1970s you could run a car, heat your home, even run many high street businesses, without mains electricity.

This high and increasing dependence on mains electricity has been substantially top-down imposed and subsidized and exempted from regulations (and alternatives made illegal and taxed) in the UK - so that demand and need just goes up and up; even while electricity generation is being incrementally destroyed by fake-pseudo-"alternatives".

Putting this together, I regard the overall strategy as one of several and simultaneous ways being pursued to destroy civilization - assuming it doesn't destroy itself first.

Yes, very well put. That's what I was getting at in my post above when I said (rather simply and clumsily!) "People in developing countries are probably a lot better at this."

As an example, many farmers and relatively simple rural people in Ecuador don't have fridges or washing machines. It's common to see whole families (3 generations!) washing their clothes in the local rivers as a kind of family weekly ritual. The kids play, everyone has fun, and they often enjoy a simple picnic together.

And unless one gets milk fresh from the cows, ALL milk sold is the stores is UHT (longlife), simply because so many people don't have fridges. And of course many people don't have cars, and are accustomed to walking, cycling, or traveling only on buses.

And EVERYONE living in a rural area has a small garden of some kind where they grow their own vegetables, and many keep cows, goats and chickens, even if just one or two.

The more 'civilized' we all become, the more vulnerable we are to potential catastrophes. It's often been pointed out that if there was a really major cataclysm that affected much of the planet, it would be the indigenous people who would be most likely to make it through unscathed.

This was the case with my grandmother during the great depression. My family grew all their own food and also had typical farm animals like cows, chickens, etc. They never used their ration stamps.

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/RedpillDrifter/status/1917336751338881494

[I am B]

I'm Catalan, but since I'm spending some time in france I didn't suffer it personally.

It was preety ominous when at around midday I was chatting with a friend there, and my messages stopped arriving, and just right after, a family member calls me and asks "Do you still have electricity up there?" Before the call suddenly cutting and his phone becoming unreachable.

Everything was really chill. As some said, people enjoyed the day out of the office, or passed the traffic jam as easy as they could. Everyone was convinced light would come back soon after. Bars were full and music was playing.

I feel that is the gift and the bane of spanish society. If it was a EMP, or something more dire I can't help but wonder what people would have done by the 3rd day of blackout, not to mention the absolute lack of preparedness.

That is also a preety notable consequence. As a prepper I find myself now being contacted by many of my friends asking for advice. So far there are 5 UHF/VHF radios on the way that were ordered after being asked about them by some friends and colleagues worried about the situation.

[John Hilton]

Spain’s Green Energy Grid Failed. We Could Be Next.
Also read the comments below the video.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GgrLg9tmJuk

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status...38078839071210

Translated text:

🔴 #ÚltimaHora. Electrical blackout on the island of La Palma. 30,000 people without power.

For now, the cause is unknown, but everything points to a problem at the Los Guinchos power plant.


🔴 #ÚLTIMAHORA | A power outage leaves a third of the island of La Palma without electricity.

All municipalities in the Aridane Valley are affected, as well as Puntagorda.

https://x.com/GarPadAlex/status/1920417770539217339