dalyNov 2021Recommends
You should probably watch John Oliver's Power Grid episode The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) ▶ this video
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The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The Power Grid: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2021–2025.
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John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the state of the US power grid, why it needs fixing, and the risks of aging infrastructure.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as an entertaining primer on grid problems, and cited for aging equipment causing fires.
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“You should probably watch John Oliver's Power Grid episode”
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cassepipeJan 2025Cites it
Bad forest management or ... bad electrical equipment ? This excerpt of the last week tonight show 90 year old electric line equipment responsible for fires : ▶ this video I don't pretend to know anything and I don't know how common this is but it is pretty concerning and I wonder if anything has been done about that.
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soraminazukiJun 2022Cites it
Those two states are indeed what I had in mind. I was assuming that many other states are in a similar situation considering that the power grid is a frequent topic of US issues [1]. [1]: ▶ this video
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Power grid, heating & buildingsMedia, journalism & propagandapower gridinfrastructureenergy policyjohn oliverutilities