Last year, Spain, Portugal, and a small part of France suffered a massive power failure. Jim Geraghty wrote about it here and here.

Authorities in [Spain and Portugal] say they still don’t know why the power failed, which is A) not reassuring and B) going to spur suspicious minds to conclude that authorities secretly do know why the power failed but don’t want to tell them. Those immediate insistent arguments that the blackout had nothing to do with reliance on renewable energy certainly seem to be driven more by political and reputation concerns than a thorough examination of the evidence.

Authorities in [Spain and Portugal] say they still don’t know why the power failed, which is A) not reassuring and B) going to spur suspicious minds to conclude that authorities secretly do know why the power failed but don’t want to tell them. Those immediate insistent arguments that the blackout had nothing to do with reliance on renewable energy certainly seem to be driven more by political and reputation concerns than a thorough examination of the evidence.

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