I think total system collapse is used synonymously with a total societal collapse, which could stem from a single infrastructure system collapsing. Quite a thing to happen in a single day.
Blackout doesn't strictly refer to electrical. Communication blackout is an example. Another example is for certain sports on TV may have a blackout due to contract negotiations and whatnot.
If somebody reads the first sentence of the article they would know it is electrical though...
Nope, the headline gets way more views. They've click-baited the headline on purpose. I'll accept "irresponsible news editing" if you like as any actual reporter [no true Scotsman, anyone‽] would have made sure it's clear that it's not societal collapse as the headline intimates.
National news outlets should hold themselves to high standards and not be reduced to scummy clickbaiting tactics. And yes, including in headlines; probably, especially headlines. It's disrespectful to the UK public who pay their wages, and irresponsible.
The BBC are absolutely coasting on past reputation.
Shouldn't someone be subsidizing solar panels over there?
It would have a lot more Co2 reduction than here, since they'd no longer be forced to use random crappy generators, it would probably save lives by eliminating monoxide poisonings, and if they're ramping up use of air conditioning that's a lot of daytime load.
Without batteries you are charging your cellphones and maybe not running the generators as much to cool food, which may make up for some of the fuel subsidies.
I was going to say seems like a lot to me, that is 2 or three nuclear plants worth. But I don't know anything about Nigeria or the sizing of power grids. So I decided to look it up.
Nigeria is the 6th most populous country on earth with 230 million people in 920_000 km2. for comparison Texas is 700_000 km2 with 30 million people and they are making 65 gigiwatts.
Well, at least we know their blackstart systems work. I would have my doubts about whether the Texas grid could do a blackstart because that's stuff that's extremely rarely used but costs money--does it even exist and is it maintained if it does exist?
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 113 ms ] threadIf somebody reads the first sentence of the article they would know it is electrical though...
plus its prefaced by blackout, so the context is clearly (electrical) system.
Finally it's a headline. You're supposed to read the article before judging whether it's 'irresponsible reporting'
National news outlets should hold themselves to high standards and not be reduced to scummy clickbaiting tactics. And yes, including in headlines; probably, especially headlines. It's disrespectful to the UK public who pay their wages, and irresponsible.
The BBC are absolutely coasting on past reputation.
It would have a lot more Co2 reduction than here, since they'd no longer be forced to use random crappy generators, it would probably save lives by eliminating monoxide poisonings, and if they're ramping up use of air conditioning that's a lot of daytime load.
Nigeria is the 6th most populous country on earth with 230 million people in 920_000 km2. for comparison Texas is 700_000 km2 with 30 million people and they are making 65 gigiwatts.
So yeah, that is very low.
The other issue is that while Nigeria has a lot of people, is rural, which makes the electricity usage pretty small per capita.