Pipeline hack

Will the pipeline hack cause people to rethink EVs?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 37.5%

  • No

    Votes: 5 62.5%
  • Total voters
    8
Florida gets most of its gasoline by coastal tankers from Texas. Never-the-less, here in NE Florida there is panic at the pump. My wife went out to do a little shopping this morning. She said there was panic, including hurricane style buying at the grocery store and huge lines at the gasoline stations. She said to me: "Don't EVER sell your Clarity!"

Experts: No gas shortage in Florida, don't hoard at the pump | firstcoastnews.com
Panic buying: Florida governor declares state of emergency over gasoline supply (msn.com)

We plan on driving my Clarity to one of our favorite restaurants in St. Augustine Beach later for lunch/dinner. No gasoline will be needed or used.
 
If the electric grid is down for more than a few days, where are you driving to? Work? No electricity there, no work there. My street is bad enough we all have generators, so I doubt I would ever be truly out of electricity. No one is cheering a pipeline hack, but the anti ev crowd sure made hay when they shut off the electricity in CA due to wildfires. 'What will you do to charge your EV now?'
 
Puppethead said:
Regionally, perhaps. The difference with electricity, though, is there are local ways to produce it: generators, solar, wind turbines, etc. It's nearly impossible for someone to refine their own gasoline. That's why the Mad Max movies are fights over fuel and not electricity :D.
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Ever hear of the easy coast blackout?


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First, which Northeast blackout?
Second, most places had power back in 12 to 24 hours in most cases.

Most gas stations don't have generators, so it really doesn't matter
 
ENirogus said:
First, which Northeast blackout?
Second, most places had power back in 12 to 24 hours in most cases.

Most gas stations don't have generators, so it really doesn't matter
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There has been a couple of them (1965 and 2003). However, most folks had their power restored much sooner than the great Texas outage.

I'm not sure if the folks in the Northeast where price gouged, but many Texans experienced it.

None of the outages where due to a hacker that I'm aware of. More likely they where all due to a lack of infrastructure investment.
 
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marshall said:
There has been a couple of them (1965 and 2003). However, most folks had their power restored much sooner than the great Texas outage.

I'm not sure if the folks in the Northeast where price gouged, but many Texans experienced it.

None of the outages where due to a hacker that I'm aware of. More likely they where all due to a lack of infrastructure investment.
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I was down for almost 3 days in the 2003 outage. It impacted 45 million people. Luckily I had a LP powered generator.


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