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If the question is when the next blackout will occur, the answer is simple: it is impossible to know

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He Bru what last April 28 It has generated many questions, and among them a couple stand out that seem inevitable: the first, if there are possibilities that it will produce again Another massive blackout. The second, if any, when will it happen? It is impossible to answer these questions with total certainty, although there are ways to reduce those possibilities to the minimum possible. Impossible to respond to that. To Niehls Bohr, the father of quantum physics, the phrase “making predictions is very difficult, especially when it comes to the future” is attributed. That also happens when trying to predict A nearby potentialsomething practically impossible and what also contribute several arguments. We still do not know the origin of the blackout. One of the problems of trying to answer that question is that we have no definitive or officers about what caused the blackout. From the Spanish Electric Electricity (REE) it was stated that the blackout It was due to a generation disconnectionbut they still do not give details about the specific causes that caused such disconnection. The experts They point to renewables As a possible cause, but at the moment nothing is confirmed. And without knowing the origin of the problem, we cannot know how to avoid it in the future. An unfortunate prediction. Pedro Sánchez, a jacket but without a tie, appears at a press conference. At a given time he says that “there will be no electricity blackouts.” The videowhich has now gone viral, it is not these days, but of September 6, 2022. At that time those words were pronounced in the context of a possible Russian gas cut throughout Europe. But there has been, and the question is whether there will be. The president of the Government was wrong in his prediction. Two and a half years later Spain has suffered The biggest blackout in its historyand one of the great questions that citizens have been asked is when the next blackout will occur, If it occurs. Never say ever. The research of the causes will lead to means for something like that not to happen again. The President of the Government spoke In your appearance of April 29 that there would be reforms so that “never” a generalized electric blackout is repeated like that of April 28, but even with all these reforms and measures zero probability does not exist. There are impodeables. Even in the case of detecting and correcting the problem caused by the blackout, it is still impossible to ensure that another will occur in the future. There are of course possibilities that a technical, human error or a natural catastrophe poses blackouts at some point. Spain has improvement margin. As we have commented In Xatakathe Spanish energy mix needs a stabilization system of the robust network, but also the Iberian Peninsula is an “Energy Island With very little international connection. Thus, we need an integration stronger With the rest of Europe to balance demand, strengthen system safety and share surpluses. There are other possible measures that can be taken, and as explained by the analyst Javier Blas In Bloomberg“The design of the network, policies and risk analysis are not yet up to the management of excess renewables.” All this is important when minimizing the risks of another future blackout. Image | Gabriel Castles In Xataka | The blackout left all Spain without capacity to communicate. The problem is that it also isolated the government

Let us run out of mobile during the blackout was terrible. That will happen to the government is much more worrying

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The mass blackout suffered by Spain and Portugal on April 28 left us without light, but also without being able to communicate with our mobile phones. One would think that government members would have some type of auxiliary system, but the truth is that there seems to be no for these types of situations. “Blind”. Government sources pointed out In the world that during The blackout of April 28 They were “blind” and that “mobile phones did not work, we could not communicate (…) not even among us in the complex and in the ministries.” Not only citizens. During those hours millions of citizens suffered A very irregular service in their mobile communications, and except for some exceptionsthe operators had huge problems to continue serving. That is already worrying, but even more than our rulers suffered those same problems and there is no emergency plan for this type of event. It didn’t work either The alert system, Es-Alert. Mesh b. The Government does not have an auxiliary communications system, and for years the effort was in another direction: to protect the communications of government members in the face of possible spying acts. To do this exists The call Mesh bthe Safe Strategic Communications Support System of the National Crisis Management System and the Government Presidency. The system is used not only in government fields, but also in high state institutions. The government protects from espionage. As they point out In the countrythe government decided in early 2025 to renew its encryption systems to shield communications after espionage scandal made with pegasus. The first phase will be a modernization of technical infrastructure, of which will order The Spanish company Epicom. Together with this renewal, an update of the communications encryption system will also be updated, which until now was carried out with Comsec (Indra) but that will now compete with Secret T (Telefónica). Both are National Development Technologies, a primary condition for these services. Sirdee is not (for the moment) for that. Spain has The Sirdee program (Integral System of Digital Emergency Radiocommunications of the State), which was launched in 2000 and that served more than 150,000 users in Spain. Among them are the National Police, the Civil Guard and even the presidency of the Government. There are specific contingency plans and operational continuity in ministries and strategic bodies, but government members suffered the same problems as citizens. As they point out In networks & Telecomthe Sirdee system, which was based on tetra technology of UHF radio, It is now complementing With broadband systems through EMBM technology, based on LTE/5G connectivity. Sirdee base nodes are usually equipped with backup batteries and diesel generators that allow these equipment and communications to be kept while these active auxiliary solutions can be maintained. High frequency networks. In 1988 the United States created its high frequency communications Shares program (HF, 3 to 30 MHz) with the aim of having a support for the first fixed lines, and later for mobile lines. This system, now under the Department of National Security (DHS), is composed of thousands of HF stations distributed throughout the country and belonging to different federal and state agencies. The system It was used during the 11-S attacks, but also during natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico in 2005. Satellite communication is another option. During the blackout Starlink turned out to be an exceptional alternative During the blackout, and that shows that satellite communications systems can be very useful in this type of events. Europe has been trying to launch its satellite Internet system Through the Iris2 systemwhich is expected to begin to be operational in 2030. Images |Baatcheet Films | Pool Moncloa/Fernando Calvo In Xataka | The Catalan Sateliot company lifts 70 million euros with a clear objective: to display the “Spanish Starlink of the IoT”

Spain wants to be the paradise of the data centers. The blackout has complicated that ambition

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Spain aspired to be The great HUB of data centers in Europetaking advantage of our surplus electrical capacity and the abundant physical space that we have available outside the large metropolitan areas. But The recent national blackout has exposed the structural vulnerabilities that could make this ambition derail, as analyzed The confidential. Why is it important. The data centers could attract up to 49,000 million euros in investments, representing a new form of industrialization for a country that has seen its traditional productive fabric diminish. In figures: The contradiction. The Spanish model has A difficult tension to solve that the blackout has put on the table: On the one hand, the commitment to renewable, necessary but variable. On the other hand, the nuclear abandonment plan, precisely those that give stability to the network. Yes, but. The data centers exceeded the blackout, as well as hospitals or radio stations, thanks to their support generators. However, the risk is in the perception of international investors. Seeing that a national blackout is a real possibility in Spain because it has already happened is something that can make them question their reliability about the Spanish system from something as basic as the energy supply. The competition. France, neighboring country, is the most notable rival: it is developing A data gigafactoría backed by the State and financed by United Arab Emiratesfed by a network where 70% comes from nuclear energy. Spain recovered from the blackout in a few hours – with some hard consequences along the way -, but perhaps it costs him more to recover from the problem of perception generated by such an event. The one who questions If you can guarantee basic stability that this industry demands … or if investors will prefer destinations with greater energy certainty. Outstanding image | Claudio Schwarz in Unspash In Xataka | “11 signs that you have ADHD and you don’t know it”: more and more people are self -diagnosis of mental health problems

both in a blackout and if you are away from home without plug

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We are going to give you a series of tips for extend your mobile battery when there is no electricity. We have already told you How to load your mobile battery if there is no electricitybut in the event that this is not an option, today’s advice will help you spend as much as possible. Although I am aware that it will not always be possible for you to do everything we advise you, it never hurts to know these methods. Thus, when the time is necessary, you will know what things you can do to lengthen the device’s battery, and you can decide which of them you can use. We have oriented these tips such as that of a blackout in your home, although they will also serve when you are out and do not have a plug close. And remember, if you think we have left something you can say it in the comments so that all readers can benefit from the knowledge of our xatakers. Activate energy saving mode Almost all mobiles, both Android and iPhone, have A mode of energy saving or low consumption. These modes temporarily reduce the activity in the background, and will help you spend less battery and it can last longer. Among the processes that the mobile is going to limit are email checks, the frequency of screen update, some visual effects or automatic downloads. However, the idea is that the mobile does less background without you know, and thus save battery. Screen brightness and dark mode The brightness of the screen is one of the things that spend the most battery on your mobile, and that is why limiting it is vital for your battery to last longer. Therefore, although you activate the energy savings mode, it is Reduce your screen shineit is advisable that you also try to reduce it a little more by hand. Just to see. At least there are, less battery you will spend when using it. It is also highly recommended activate dark mode as long as you can and in all the applications you can. Thus, the interface of your mobile and your apps will use dark tones instead of lights, emitting less luminosity and saving battery. Disable unnecessary connections You should also try to deactivate unnecessary connections. This means turn off the wifi, bluetooth, NFC and even mobile GPSsince they are elements that are constantly update and that makes battery spend. Bluetooth and NFC are the easy part, unless you have linked a clock to the mobile by the first. The data is better than the wifi, and the GPS is sending your position all the time, that is, when you deactivate it you will save a lot of battery. Keep these elements deactivated during the time you want to extend your autonomy to the fullest. If there is no coverage: plane mode If your mobile has no coverage, the effort to be looking for it continuously will make an extra battery expense. Therefore, in those cases the best is activate airplane mode When you don’t have data. That will make your battery keep up without that extra consumption. If you want, you can remove the airplane mode from time to time to see if it has come to you, but if not, put it again. And of course, When you want an extreme mode to save batteryyou can also activate it even if you have coverage, and deactivate it only when you are going to use the mobile. Deactivates automatic synchronizations Whenever you can, deactivate the automatic synchronizations of your mobile applications. For example, applications of email, photos or your cloud storage They will be doing online checks all the time to extract new data and synchronize them, something that will spend drums. Removing these synchronizations, you will lose things like you automatically reach emails or that your photos are uploaded to the cloud without clicking on the option to do so. But in return, you can win a small extra on the battery of your device. Use maps without connection In Xataka Basics we have explained you How to have the maps of your area on your Android or iPhone. This will allow you to have the maps down to the mobile and use them without connection. Therefore, and although we have recommended you to deactivate the GPS, If you need to use your map appit is advisable that you have lowered the data in your area. Doing this, instead of spending battery with both GPS and Internet data, you will no longer need to use the data. Everything will be lowered to the mobile and you can use Google Maps or Apple Maps without Internet connection. Use the Mobile Lantern If the blackout comes when it is night, you will be dark. That means that you may have to use your mobile as a flashlight. This is done with the flash of the camera, and you will have a very good lighting, although at the expense of spending a lot of battery. But although the blackout forces you to do it, try Use the flashlight as much as possibleand only in specific moments. Come on, it is best to use it for a few seconds when you need to locate things, but then turn it off again instead of leaving it on. Close apps in the background Normally it is not recommended to go to the screen of the apps that you have open in the background and close them, because when you open them you will end up spending more battery than if you have them open. In addition, the operating system of your mobile will manage them if problems do not spend too much. However, In extreme cases you may choose to close the apps in the backgroundor at least those that you are not going to use. Of course, remember that it is important not to open them again, because if you will not end up spending … Read more

These are the things I did during the blackout so as not to get bored, and what will I do if there is a light cut again

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Behind him Mass blackout That we suffered a few days ago, I could use the mobile because I had an Internet connection. But there came a time when it didn’t work, so I took the opportunity to perform some activities to avoid boredom until the electricity supply arrived again. I made some, and others will do them in the hypothetical case of having a light cut. Take the opportunity to read at the ereader I’m currently reading ‘THE WAY OF THE KINGS‘, the first novel that begins the Archive of Brandon Sanderson’s storms, but had taken the reading for a week. I took the opportunity to continue reading a few digital chapters, using the Kobo Clara 2E. This model is no longer sold, so if you want a similar one Kobo Clara Color has a price of 169 euros In Mediamarkt. In Amazon it is cheaper, but the shipment takes several months. A EREADER It can come very well for prolonged moments in which we are left without light, since in addition to being able to save many digital books They usually have a several weeks autonomy. * Some price may have changed from the last review Start Berserk Nor did he have too much battery in the ereader, I did not want to exhaust her completely in case the light took too long to return. So taking advantage of the first two volumes from ‘the first two volumesBerserk‘, I decided to start Kentaro Miura manga. The first ‘Berserk’ volume has a price of 16.10 euros In its edition of Maximum Berserk. The truth is that it is a reading that I had pending for a long time, but that I bought, as I commented, a week ago. It is not the most premium edition, but it is very good. * Some price may have changed from the last review Play one Taking advantage that my partner was at home and that in my city it was festive (there was nothing open), we decided to play for a while ONE. We do not have many board or card games, but precisely the Deluxe edition We bought it a while ago and so far we had not played. Deluxe Cuesta edition 17.95 eurosbut the basic edition is cheaper, since it is found by 9.97 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review Play the Nintendo Switch Although I have been playing some time without playing Nintendo SwitchI have connected it to the dock, so when the light left, the battery had completely charged. I took the opportunity to play just over half an hour at ‘The Talos Principle‘. However, the Nintendo console can be a good source of entertainment, at least for a few hours. Nintendo Switch currently has a price of 275 euros. In addition, he had several Video games in cooperative Local that are compatible with the Joy-with individual (although I also have a separate command), so, despite not getting to play them, we had in mind that we could spend some time playing the games. Nintendo Switch (standard) * Some price may have changed from the last review A puzzle To take advantage, above all, the sunny hours, I will bring the puzzles that I left for a long time at my parents’ house. I always let time pass and in the end I never start to ride them, so in this type of situation it may be well to take that step. Although it is not especially cheap, this Puzzle of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ I find it interesting to buy it. It has 2,000 pieces, so it can take a good time (or days) finish it. Can be found in Amazon by 32.69 euros. Puzzle of the Lord of the Rings (2,000 pieces) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Xiaomi In Xataka | These are some of the best batteries to be informed when there are unexpected light blackouts In Xataka | Five external batteries or powerbanks to have the mobile loaded for hours after an electric blackout

Spain suffered a mass blackout. The distributed teleworking came immediately to save many companies

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Spain has lived an unprecedented fact in its history: A generalized blackout that affected the electricity supply of The entire Iberian Peninsulaincluding Portugal. As a collateral effect due to saturation, the mobile communications network He also collapsed. This made the normal development of The working day. So many companies ended up closing their doors. The blackout that Spain has suffered has been A very extreme casebut teleworking and, above all, distributed work has saved the furniture of those companies that did not have a staff structure based on workers resident in a single citycountry and even continent. While many companies They were forced at closing For not having electricity or Internet access, including those with remote employees, companies with remote workers distributed throughout the world demonstrated their resilience to any local incidence such as the one that left Spain in the dark. We have talked to two of those companies that could maintain their activity in Spain thanks to remote work distributed by different countries. Distributed work and global blackout templates One of the things that the proliferation of the Teleworking after the 2020 pandemicis that talent It no longer has borders And, thanks to technology, someone in Bali I could be teleworking For a Spanish company without any problem. Some digital native companies such as Eventbritea platform for the sale of tickets and events, broke with their centralized organization following the pandemic, and chose to redesign their structure in A decentralized model Based on small teams distributed throughout the world, but mainly in the US, India and Spain. Jaime ValloriVice President of Eventbrite engineering assured that Thanks to that decentralized structureEventbrite continued to function normally while the blackout lasted. “We organize in teams (Squads) that are responsible for the maintenance of the detail pages of certain events. On Monday, the Squads of Spain is not that they could not do the maintenance of those events, they could not even know if something happened because they could not access,” Vallori told us. Before such a scenariothe rest of the teams located outside Spain took over from their teammates. “We activate a protocol so that the teams we have in the United States and India, proactively monitoring those areas that we covered from Spain, but obviously, could not be covered by our team,” said Eventbrite Engineering head in Spain. Vallori stressed that the platform has an incident alert protocol that is automatically climbing to different equipment if it is not answered in a certain period of time. “Since we are geographically distributed, throughout that protocol there is people from different areas of the world Until you get up at all. Therefore, although we had not given us time to activate that checkup (of local events) proactively, in the end through the scaling, it would have reached someone who could access and resolve the incidence, “Vallorí explained. “Our customer service is also distributed between the United States and other countries,” says Vallori. Therefore, if someone with sufficient coverage In Spain I would like to be attended by the company’s customer service could have done so because it remained active despite the fact that the development team in Spain was not operational. Blablacar continued moving in the dark Víctor Méndez, Vice President of Engineering of Blablacar, already told us the Advantages of having a remote template distributed by different countries. Resilience to an event like the blackout that Spain has suffered is one that can add to its list. Florent BannwarthCountry Lead de Blablacar, lived in the first person the disconnection of your entire team of the company’s infrastructure. “He had time to see him come a little and notify France and other countries from which he was going to come to Spain. No one was going to be able to use the platform and we did not know when he was going to re -normalize. So from France they could organize and gave us support, “Bannwarth recalled. In addition to the shared car service, Blablacar also manages an international bus service, so it starts from France’s support was based on replacing the Spanish team in the management of those buses that came out of different parts of Spain. If not for them, This service would have stopped workingjust at the time when neither trains nor airplanes They operated normally. “The service worked without incident and had an important peak of activity, especially between Barcelona and cities in southern France such as Perpignan and Toulouse, many passengers. At the last minute the only thing that worked It was the bus“The head of the Blablacar team in Spain said. On the other hand, Blablacar’s distributed model allowed teams from other countries Maintain the operational platform in Spain so that it would not register incidents once the service was restored, avoiding delays in its implementation as it happened In the railway sector. “The next Tuesday was the day that the most reservations made in Blablacar in more than 15 years in Spain”, due to the need for urgent displacement of those who They had stayed halfway of his destinations because of the blackout. “Another advantage we had was that, part of the user service team that attends in Spanish, works from France and other countries,” although Spain’s staff of Spain was not operational, users who had coverage could solve their incidents normally. In Xataka | Companies that have eliminated teleworking are facing a big problem: they take longer to cover their vacancies Image | Unspash (Dmitry Grachyov)

We have just lived the first great blackout of the renewable era. The debate is now how to get the last one

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The debate in public opinion is served for the coming weeks, at least Until the conclave arrivesat which time it will be limited to the specialized circles of the energy sector. Bloomberg analyst Javier Blas, He has baptized What happened in Spain and Portugal as “the great green blackout of the era of renewable energy.” Although the authorities have not yet offered a definitive version, the debate has intensified. Until now. The official version is still preliminary, but Red Eléctrica de España has offered a technical reconstruction of what happened. According to the latest information, the fall was not the product of a cyber attack or sabotage, but of the failure chain of several systems in a context of high renewable penetration. In a matter of seconds, about 15 gigawatts were disconnected, approximately 60% of the consumption of electric demand, due to a sharp drop in voltage, known as “voltage hole.” This type of active fall automatic protection systems that disconnect power plants and substations to avoid greater damage. According to Financial Timesthe lack of inertia – the capacity of certain infrastructure such as turbines to stabilize the network— He worsened the problem. And since Portugal partially depends on the Spanish supply, the blackout immediately extended to the entire neighboring country. Despite this, Beatriz Corredor, president of Red Electrica, He has warned that “it is not correct to relate the incident to the penetration of renewables”, defending that these technologies work stable and that the Spanish electrical system is resilient. He also pointed out that millions of data are being analyzed to clarify the exact causes of the blackout and reinforce the response protocols. Debate is reopened. A few weeks ago, the discussion in the energy sector revolved around Scheduled closure of the nuclear centrals planned for two years. However, the blackout has catalyzed a more visible ideological shock: renewable vs. nuclear. Such as has detailed eldiario.es, what happened has fed tensions among those who defend the energy transition against those who want to keep nuclear as stable support. In that same article, Jorge Sanz, the former president of the Commission for Energy Transition, has declared that one of the factors was the massive disconnection of renewables before a voltage hole. However, like has pointed out Renewable expert Xavier Cugat in his networks, Sanz has omitted a relevant fact: The existence of the Srap (Automatic protection response system), already operational and with several real and solar wind capacity gigawatts. A crucial tool that, although it did not avoid the blackout, is part of the effort to improve the technical response of renewables in these situations. But there is an unstoppable reality. According to Irenain 2024 92.5% of the new electrical power installed worldwide was renewable. That is, twelve times more renewable than nuclear, gas and coal together were installed. Clean energies are already the norm: they are cheaper, safe and in many countries, almost the only option that is being expanded. There are already concrete examples: countries like Paraguay, Iceland or Norway They work with 100% of renewable generation. The address is clear; What is at stake is how to manage this transformation without compromising system stability. What is the way? As has explained for RNE The head of the Rey Juan Carlos University, Eloy Sanz, which the Iberian Peninsula is an “energy island” with Very little international connection. Spain and Portugal need an integration much stronger With the rest of Europe to share surpluses, balance demand and strengthen system safety. To this is added the need to continue investing in storage, such as batteries, Reversible pumping plants either Green hydrogen. Finally, the development of technologies such as Synthetic inertiaalready deployed in countries such as Denmark, which simulate the stabilizing effect of old thermal plants or other strategy such as Synchronous Power Controlwhich allow renewables to also contribute to the stability of the network without the need for batteries or physical inertia flyers. Ignoring this has a price. As He has summarized Javier Blas in his column with crudeness: “The design of the network, the policies and risk analysis are not yet up to the management of an excess of renewables.” It is not an attack on clean energy, but a call of attention. The error would be to abandon renewables by a blackout, nor were fossil fuels left after Blackout New York in 1977. But we must learn. The future of energy will be renewable, but it cannot be naive or ideological. Image | Unspash Xataka | The problem is not that Spain depends much on renewable energies: it is not interconnected with Europe

Of course ‘the Simpsons’ also predicted the great blackout of Spain. At this point you have stopped having merit

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Any relevant event in the history of humanity in recent decades It has previously appeared in ‘The Simpsons’. It is a phrase made, almost a meme that has acquired the category of popular wisdom and that is counted between the oldest collective knowledge samples of the digital era. Of course, Monday’s blackout in Spain and Portugal has become part of the long list of ‘The Simpsons’ predictions: it is neither very tight nor very accurate, but that does not prevent the myth from continuing to fatter. The blackout in ‘The Simpsons’. A couple of episodes that make supposed reference to the Backman last Monday. In ‘The last day of Springfield’, issued in 1998the city runs out of light, with traffic lights and unusable phones, and the nuclear plant where Homer works. Of course, chaos and anarchy take over the streets, something that did not happen here. Besides, In 2023 it was issued The episode ‘How beautiful is to pipify it’, where Springfield suffers a blackout for a fire in the nuclear plant. Here the consequences are almost apocalyptic, and Lisa tells the story in the distant future, explaining that the city lights candles every year to commemorate the events. The explanation of the prophecy. Either simple: These two blackouts do not make any reference to Spain or to the date on which it occurred. Simply, they are blackheads that end up leading to the Apocalypse, a trope of science fiction that have exploited recent series such as ‘Blackout’ or ‘The collapse’, or the movie ‘Leave the world behind’, but which we have also seen in very previous films: ‘The domino effect’ is one of the most notorious, but there are also based on real blackouts, such as ‘Blackout in New York’ or ‘Summer of Sam’ of which the American city suffered in 1977. Why ‘The Simpsons’ always succeed. According to Matt SelmanExecutive producer of the series, it is a mixture of knowing how to use the probabilities, historical knowledge and the study of human trends. The scriptwriters investigate in the past and extrapolate, until they end up. Or in another way more simpsonian, study and satirize “the stupidities of the past” to anticipate their repetition. They are logical extrapolations to which the impressive longevity of the series is added, which only multiply the possibility of coincidences, which is known as “Large numbers law“: The more episodes there is, the more likely the apparently unlikely becomes. When the phenomenon began. The meme began to popularize in the middle of the first decade of this century. Without a doubt, the first great impact of the series was the alleged prediction of the attacks of the Twin Towers. It was in the episode of 1997 ‘New York City vs. Homer Simpson ‘, where a brochure with number 9 appears and the twin towers forming a 11. It was interpreted as a reference to 11-S, although The explanation is very simple: The two towers together resemble a 11, the chance is that the attacks were on that date, and not to guess ‘The Simpsons’. Predictions for all tastes. Since then, ‘The Simpsons’ have predicted the future, and the truth is that sometimes the coincidences are stupid. In season 11, for example, the presidency of Donald Trump was mentioned, and in 10, the purchase of Fox by Disney (clear examples that the predictions are possible if an acute satirist observes carefully observes the signs that the current one sends). The complete list is virtually infinite: smartwatchesthe video calls, the performance of Lady Gaga in the Super Bowl, the Higgs Boson formula (amazingly close to the real), the three -eyed fish in the contaminated waters of Springfield, and a highly contagious epidemic that begins in Asia. We want fictions to explain it to us. We already told it A collation of the ‘Blackout’ series and how your search has become a trend after the real blackout: our thought is structured to look for significant patterns and connections between facts, even when these are the result of chance. These patterns help us explain what we do not understand or the phenomena that are rationally inconceivable or surpass us, and are marked by narratives, series and movies. And that ‘The Simpsons’ anticipate incomprehensible phenomena (such as the 11-S attack or Donald Trump’s triumph) helps us to rationalize them. Header | Disney In Xataka | Disney+ has had an idea: to broad

Who are the “private operators” to which the government accuses after the blackout

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More than 48 hours have passed from the great blackout suffered by Spain, Portugal and southern France. Speculations during this time were swift, even He thought it was a cyber attack. However, the Spanish Electricity (Ree) grid has reported that the preliminary cause It was a “massive disconnection of electricity generation.” Now, beyond what failed technically, the real unknown is who must assume responsibilities. The appearance. In the press conference of April 29, the President of the Government made it clear that the Executive demands explanations and collaboration both to Red Electric (Redeia) and the “private operators.” According to the countrySánchez has summoned Moncloa to the main actors of the electrical system: the president of Ree, Beatriz Corredor, and representatives of Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, acts energy and EDP. Redeia or Ree? At the press conference, the president mentioned Redeia, but many people have read in the Ree media, what is the difference? To begin with, Spanish Electricity (REE) is the company that is responsible for transporting electricity in high voltage, that is, to bring energy from the centrals generating to large substations. In other words, it would be like the “electric highway” of the country. From Three years agothis company is part of the Redeia group, which is the commercial name that the old Red Electrico Corporation adopted to encompass all its subsidiaries. To be easier to understand: Redeia is the business group and Ree is the subsidiary responsible for operating the electric transport network. Is Ree public? Although many people think that Ree is a public company, in reality the State just control 20% of its actions through the SEPI (State Society of Industrial Participations). The remaining 80% is in private hands, mainly in investment funds. According to eldiario.esthis is one of the reasons for the discomfort of the government: neither private electric nor ree have offered clear information after the blackout, and Ree has not facilitated the Executive access to technical data on what happened. “Private operators.” At a press conference, Sánchez repeatedly repeated the term “private operators”, causing a generalized doubt: Who did he mean exactly? As the difference between Ree and Redeia has clarified, it is clear that “Private operators” They are the big private electric companies: Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy, EDP and Act Energía. These companies have a very different role from that of Ree, since they are generated by electricity with their own plants (renewable or not). They also distribute electricity in medium and low voltage, that is, from substations to homes and industries. Here you have to make a small subsection, while Ree manages the high voltage network, these companies are responsible for the final stretch of the electricity trip. Finally, they are responsible for marketing energy through their own associated brands or companies: the light invoice. At this point it should be noted that not all marketers generate electricity, since some such as Holaluz or Podo only buy energy to sell it to the consumer. Easier to understand. Although Ree operates the “Spanish Electric Highway”, it is the private operators that handle the final stretch and much of the production. A slight suspicion. This whole situation is suggesting that the Executive has a suspicion that electrical companies have not been transparent enough, and have not actively collaborated during the first hours of the blackout, According to Cadena Ser. In his statements, President Sánchez has launched a technical criticism of nuclear power plants, wondering why they did not contribute to the recovery of the system, although before collapse they were contributing 10% to the electrical demand, According to Ree data. The president has affirmed that “the nuclear generation was no more resilient than other sources” and that it could even have slowed recovery. As has declared The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), only two of the seven nuclear reactors were in operation that day; The other five had been stopped by business decision, not being considered competitive against renewables. Although the government has not said it directly, Criticism is evident: were the electricity prepared for an emergency? They haven’t taken to answer. According to RTVEIberdrola has assured that all its centrals worked properly and that REE indications followed during the blackout. On the other hand, as explained by the confidential, the companies promised to collaborate with the Government, although none has so far offered a complete explanation about what failed. And now? The Government has announced the creation of an internal investigation commission and has asked the European Commission for an independent audit, According to the newspaper. While trying to clarify what exactly failed, the blackout has not only tested the electrical system, but also the relations between the government, REE and private operators. The political, economic and legal battle as soon as it begins. Image | Pexels and La Moncloa Xataka | We have a term for such unlikely events that are difficult to imagine: black swans. This blackout is a candidate to be

This Xiaomi tablet would have come from pearls during the blackout. It is one of the few Android models with FM radio

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FM radio is something we don’t usually see on Android devicesbut that they had come from pearls during the Mass blackout A couple of days ago – I itself have no radio at home, so they would have come phenomenal. Nevertheless, Although it is not usual, there are a few exceptions. Xiaomi Redmi Pad Se 8.7 (128 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review The redmi pad is 8.7 is one of the few Android devices with FM radio There are currently some mobile phones that come with Radio FM, but if we also want to be an Android device … the thing is complicated. Xiaomi is one of the few exceptions, and that is that in the technical file of his tablet Redmi Pad SE 8.7 We can see that it comes with FM radio. It is something unusual, but what At times like those of the blackout, it is appreciated. If you are interested, it is a cheap tablet, since its price is currently 99.99 euros In the official store. Obviously, one radio We can be more useful if it works in batteries, but it is still curious and that we can take advantage of if we have the Xiaomi tablet. Most devices where we find radio FM reside in basic mobilesthat They get closer to the mobiles of yesteryear than to the current. A good example is the Nokia 106whose battery also has a great autonomy of approximately 15 hours. And can be found for sale in stores like Amazon at a price of 21.47 euros. You may also interest you Hasaller small pocket portable radio with battery transistor, Radio AM, FM, SW, drums, digital radio, pocket radio, works with batteries (black) * Some price may have changed from the last review Amazon Basics – Package of 40 alkaline industrial batteries AAA, 1.5 volts, 5 -year -old life * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Xiaomi In Xataka | Best tablets (2025). Which to buy and 9 recommended models for all pockets and needs In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis

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