The
New York Times reported that U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia's
Power Grid in response to their incursion into American grids and
networks. Is it the right thing to do?
Advocates of the more aggressive strategy said it was long overdue, after years of public warnings from the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. that Russia has inserted malware that could sabotage American power plants, oil and gas pipelines, or water supplies in any future conflict with the United States.
The grid is the most complex system humans ever created. With complexity comes vulnerability and not only to malicious attacks, but also to technical failures and accidents caused by natural factors such as solar flare or earthquake. It is time to start moving away from the grid as we started moving away from fossil fuels.
We have the technology. The on-demand distributed energy generation would revolutionize the way energy is delivered. It combines solar energy collector, ultra-efficient energy storage and an auxiliary energy booster in one seamlessly integrated system. The "brain" of the system is advanced software utilizing real-time performance and environment data, model-predictive control algorithms and machine learning techniques. The system can be also packaged as an autonomous module which can be delivered anywhere in the world in order to respond to a natural disaster, or provide energy for research, exploration and military operations, as well as remote outposts. The system capacity can be easily scaled up by combining multiple modules into an array. No need for the grid, no need for fuels, no pollution. Clean, reliable secure energy when you need it where you need it!
Ascent Systems Technologies: autonomous mobile energy system
Advocates of the more aggressive strategy said it was long overdue, after years of public warnings from the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. that Russia has inserted malware that could sabotage American power plants, oil and gas pipelines, or water supplies in any future conflict with the United States.
The grid is the most complex system humans ever created. With complexity comes vulnerability and not only to malicious attacks, but also to technical failures and accidents caused by natural factors such as solar flare or earthquake. It is time to start moving away from the grid as we started moving away from fossil fuels.
We have the technology. The on-demand distributed energy generation would revolutionize the way energy is delivered. It combines solar energy collector, ultra-efficient energy storage and an auxiliary energy booster in one seamlessly integrated system. The "brain" of the system is advanced software utilizing real-time performance and environment data, model-predictive control algorithms and machine learning techniques. The system can be also packaged as an autonomous module which can be delivered anywhere in the world in order to respond to a natural disaster, or provide energy for research, exploration and military operations, as well as remote outposts. The system capacity can be easily scaled up by combining multiple modules into an array. No need for the grid, no need for fuels, no pollution. Clean, reliable secure energy when you need it where you need it!
Ascent Systems Technologies: autonomous mobile energy system
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