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Distributed mass hunting rifle shots on high voltage transformers.

Unguarded. Scattered around the country. Any oil leaks potentially destroy them. Manufacturing backlogs of multiple years.

https://www.energy.gov/oe/addressing-security-and-reliabilit...

The only thing that's kept domestic terrorism to a minimum is that anyone smart enough to do it well has better economic opportunities.



The tragedy is that several players in the transformer market went out of business because they ramped up due to the building boom before the financial crisis. If I weren’t busy I’d go buy one of those old factories and open it back up. Great boring business to be in.




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