power feed the grid. Increased grid dependence is increased vulnerability to
all sorts of things, whether nature's violence or human depravity is the
source. So there are multiple strikes against burning and nuclear, and even
strikes against things like wind and geothermal. Every one of them rests upon
feeding the grid.
And then there's this:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-23/rooftop-solar-seen-protecting-u-s-power-grid-from-attack.html
All energy dependence is subject to a risk factor. The LEAST risk profile is
the most distributed. This is the whole philosophy of the internet and ARPANET
its ancestor. Spread it out so it can't be killed. Look back at the famous New
York blackout. That was a grid digesting itself, or rather shutting down to
save itself. It was a warning of sorts. If we can produce STUXNET, is there
any reason geeks in the America-hating regions of the world can't do something
similar?