how can a whole country have a power cut?

[floraloctopus]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-48652686

I don't think I've ever heard of that happening before.

[sergeilavrov]

It’s very common in Lebanon, for example. The government is unable to supply continuous electricity, so they do so for only set hours. Then you have to get a generator from a private company if you can afford one, which supports a different number of appliances depending on which package you buy. The outdated grid is overwhelmed, and too expensive to run.

In countries where the grid is essentially one big circuit, a fault within the system cuts power for everyone, instead of a small local area like you’d expect in the UK. These tend to be countries where there isn’t sufficient government power and finance to update the technology, worsened by growing populations.

[ViserionTheDragon]

Yep, I've stayed in Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East where it's the norm not to have 24 hour electricity. It's pretty grim and make me grateful that I live in the UK.

[ViserionTheDragon]

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