Energy system seen vulnerable to sabotage
Amory and Hunter Lovins, authors of a 1982 book Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security warned a House Small Business Committee hearing that the US centralized energy system is vulnerable to sabotage, and argued that DOE investigations showing resiliency in the electric power system only apply to day-to-day operations under normal conditions. They see small businesses and farms as particularly vulnerable because they are at the end of the energy distribution system; but they also have the most potential for using alternative and renewable energy supplies and for using energy more efficiently. They contend that terrorists could seriously damage US energy installations as they exist today. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 5457674
- Journal Information:
- Energy User News; (United States), Journal Name: Energy User News; (United States) Vol. 7:21; ISSN EUSND
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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