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larsattacks94 OP t1_itnfeo6 wrote

Reply to comment by frustrated_staff in eli5: how long would power stay on if the power company abandoned their post? by larsattacks94

They didn't go into details about it. It's from the perspective of a violin player 20+ years after a pandemic

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zzyl53 t1_itnghyj wrote

Just curious, what’s the name of the book?

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larsattacks94 OP t1_itngtob wrote

Station eleven. It goes back and forth from day of the pandemic to 20+ years after. Very good highly recommend

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TravelingChick t1_itnjfi1 wrote

Great book!

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larsattacks94 OP t1_itnjkz2 wrote

I'm almost done with it. But so far it's been great. Couple times them talking about the pandemic hit a little to close to home

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juancuneo t1_itowqyu wrote

There is an HBO series. I am halfway through. For some reason it makes me sad and I have to stop watching it. But it’s an amazing show so I keep watching in 15-20 minute increments. I may have to check out the book.

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larsattacks94 OP t1_itpiw4g wrote

I didn't know there was a show. I'll have to check it out when I'm done with the book

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frustrated_staff t1_itnjv0l wrote

In that case, it's probably a gas plant, and...depending on its supply and whether or not anything has gone wrong, those can (generally) keep going for years without intervention. On the other hand, no supply = no power AND anything goes wrong = no power

So...it's probably not the plant operators leaving that caused the outage, especially since the grid is hyper-connected. It's probably a lack of fuel supply, from the refineries abandoning their posts...at least, if it's based in reality

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musk1266 t1_itoby3u wrote

Most gas plants require hydrogen to cool their generators, if the supply of hydrogen runs out then the plants shut down automatically, or worse. Typically hydrogen is provided in a trailer that is dropped off every couple weeks. Speaking from experience a plant that runs on a hydrogen trailer would probably shut down in 2 days if nobody was around to put new hydrogen cylinders into service.

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