Y2K 7
There is concern that our society might fail at or near the turn of the century. Everything and anything today depends on computerized interactions. The scariest scenarios involve the North American power grid. This grid virtually controls all the complex systems that deliver power to every home, office, and factory in the U.S. Among these are millions of interdependent components. These consist of transformers, power plants, transmission lines, and substations. The grid became too complex for people to manage a long time ago. Computers have been running the system for decades. Experts are expecting the power grid scenario to play out like this:“NRC will force nuclear power plants to shut down days or hours in advance for safety reasons. The US will loose nearly 20% of its capacity when this happens. The system has very little reserve capacity, and will be under tremendous stress. Rolling blackouts may begin at this point. Then the clocks in all computers will roll over 01/01/00. At this point, failures may begin to occur in many different systems, just one of which is maintenance. Computers in charge of scheduling
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Some common words found in the essay are:
North American, , power plants, power grid, computers control, fiber optics, plants line, banking system,
Approximate Word count = 767
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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