SurelySerious Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czecksikhs Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 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...Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SocialD Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurelySerious Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 They hacked one pipeline company and managed a gas shortage on the entire east coast...Sent from my Pixel 5 using TapatalkAnd 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawman Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 They hacked one pipeline company and managed a gas shortage on the entire east coast...Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk2003 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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arg Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 Looks like Tesla will be the Tucker of EVs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arg Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 (edited) 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 Because Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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