A pandemic is the wrong time to shut down NYC’s top source of electricity
Posted on AllSides April 6th, 2020
From The Right
OPINION
The devastation being wrought by the coronavirus has underscored two undeniable facts. First: We were woefully unprepared for a black-swan event like this pandemic. Second: Modern society — our medical system, in particular — is completely dependent on the electric grid.
What if New York’s electric grid were to be hit by another black swan during the pandemic, triggering blackouts across significant parts of the city?
That terrifying thought is relevant now because the city’s single most important source of electricity — the Indian Point Energy Center, which sits about...