Aren't transformers protected these days? I thought they had all been outfitted with automated safety disconnects ages ago pretty much everywhere. Obviously most transformers going offline all of a sudden is still a pretty scary situation, but recovery should be on the order of days, not months.
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You lose GPS, which breaks real-time power grid management
Why? Power infrastructure isn't moving, and ntp is plenty accurate enough for timekeeping here; no need for GPS clocks.
Another addition to Falsehoods programmers believe about time. A scary one.
Can you expand on this, or reccomend some reading. Genuinely curious