![]() ![]() ![]() Here, in America, this could mean dozens - if not hundreds - of miles, with the electricity we're using at this moment having been produced in another county or state (just to give you semblance of scope). Electricity is created in power plants, then transferred through transformers and then transmission lines, which allow electricity from miles away to reach its eventual destination. You see, the process to create and transfer electricity is a lengthy one, which I'll attempt to briefly explain in layman's terms (after all, I don't understand all of the intricacies of it, either). This access to reliable electricity is something we should be thankful for, but we should not take for granted. Without any power, my ability to research and produce this podcast is wiped away and I'm sure the same could be said for many of you working from home, who constantly require access to servers or other systems. Just recently, I was left without power for the better part of a day (following a snowstorm here in Alaska) and I began to realize how essential the internet is to my work on this podcast. Now, take another moment, and think about how radically different your life would be if that reliable access to electricity was yanked away at a moment's notice. All of us that have grown up in the 20th/21st centuries have become accustomed to having regular and reliable access to electricity, as our entire society has been built off of it. Because of it, we're able to power the numerous devices we use daily - our computers, our cell phones, our TVs - in addition to numerous other devices that make day-to-day life much easier, like our refrigerators, washers & dryers, etc. ![]() Take a moment, and think about how great it is to have access to reliable electricity. June & Jennifer Gibbons (The Silent Twins).Paul Skiba, Sarah Skiba, and Lorenzo Chivers.Kimberly Riley & Jeremy Britt-Bayinthavong.The North Augusta Huddle House Shooting. ![]()
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