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by dmode 2135 days ago
I don’t know what you are comparing. A power outage due to an accident, affecting a limited population is very different than blackouts. Such emergency outages happen every day
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> I don’t know what you are comparing

I'm comparing what the parent asked to compare, even though it's not load shedding.

> Such emergency outages happen every day

In America. Not Germany. Like, yes, literally some level of outage occurs daily, but it's an order of magnitude difference.

US: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=37652

Germany: https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/EN/Areas/Energy/Companies/S...