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>>17335757
>I still don’t understand what’s causing the destabilization exactly
>>17335915
>Tell me what I’m not getting about electricity
voltage fluctuations in the energy grid lead to shifts in frequency
for example, in Europe, the grid frequency is 50Hz
in America, the grid frequency is 60Hz

therefore a lot of reactive electrical loads such as motors require AC electricity at that specific grid frequency to properly operate
if the grid frequency deviates significantly from the nominal, then you will see rolling blackouts and outages in your grid

given that, in our modern world, we are increasingly becoming reliant on continuous and uninterrupted electricity, the maintenance and upgrading of the existing electrical grid is going to become a more important consideration into the future, especially with the move away from large scale baseline power generation technologies such as coal and nuclear fuels