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Originally Posted by ken0042
Agreed. But seeing as it was a controlled blackout- couldn't they leave things like traffic lights and the C Train with power?
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I'm kind of surprised the C-Train doesn't have a backup generator system. As far as I know it doesn't take a lot of power, so it wouldn't take much to back it up I would think. I'm not sure, though.
As for traffic lights, I don't think the control is all that fine. I would imagine a controlled blackout would involve shutting down portions or all of certain substations at certain times, and there's no way to shut down the power for houses, but not traffic lights. The power cabinets for traffic lights are just a tiny piece of the whole grid.