Siddhartha Kazi, columnist for The National Interest magazine, said that the United States is on the brink of an energy crisis. This is reported in his article on. Web site versions.
He noted that the United States could be without electricity due to flaws in the safety system of high-voltage transformers in electrical substations. Qazi explained that cases of sabotage in the country are becoming more frequent, and as a result, electrical substations fail.
High voltage transformers make up about 3% of all transformers in the US, but make up about 70% of the country’s electricity, making them critical.
“If a well-coordinated group of people simply discovered and sabotaged these critical transformers, they could effectively shut down the entire United States power grid in a matter of hours,” the paper’s author believes.
In addition, the observer emphasized that the danger stems from the long replacement periods of high voltage transformers, which can extend up to two years.
After the Russian Federation launched a special operation in Ukraine, extensive sanctions were imposed on Russia by the USA, European countries and some other states. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the SVO was a response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR, aimed at the demilitarization and demilitarization of Ukraine.
Earlier, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) columnists Noemi Bisserb and Andrew Restuccia blame The US is in an energy crisis and a worsening economic situation.