Unacceptable risk of major blackouts in less than 10 years’ have been predicted by energy experts. When asked by the BBC the 31 experts blamed the government and suggest the scale of the challenge to source power, in the UK, is huge. Although they did also say that forecasts of the power crisis were far-fetched. Not sure why the BBC quoted the experts as saying that..goes against their initial story line. Anyway, going back to the prediction that ‘blackouts’ will become prevalent, this stems from the suggestion that the government hasn’t made adequate provisions for replacing coal and oil-powered plants. (Ooh really)
Does this mean that to prevent the risk of being without electricity, for however long, all electricity consumers be it the data-centres or the wireless internet users with their futuristic Wiis and XBoxs will realise they should invest in a UPS?
Afterall I have one connected to my PC- so when I get up in the morning after a power-cut and I reset my flashing digital clocks, reboot the SKY box (hoping it has recorded the late-night random offering on Film 4) and I reprogram my remote-control light switch- I can sit at my PC and have the same windows open as I did the night before without any of my applications crashing. Yes this is a shameless promotion of the UPSMart offerings but I think it is rather apt. Knowing the government and their efforts to resolve nuclear and wind power issues I think demand for UPSs is on the UP. Afterall any ‘blackout’ is unacceptable in my eyes.