I mean, this stuff is very much exposed, right?

I mean, a substation might have a fence around it,

but it's not that hard to find,

and it's not that hard to target with a long gun, you know.

And this is usually a substation, not, I don't,

actually I can't say this for certain, but a substation attack.

There's been, that that's usually what sort of makes the news

if you're talking about a targeted attack on electric infrastructure.

And the industry has been trying to do more to safeguard these facilities, but like, you

know, to put a, you know, a concrete dome over all these things, you can't do that.

How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering? Do not be afraid of work that has no end.

We have to organize a social movement.

We have an opportunity to lead by example,

versus just talking, hot air.

I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow,

eventually it could change.

The people are the ones that can make the change.

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Today's episode is about the reporting of Catherine Blunt on the vulnerability of the power grid, specifically her extensive writing on the power gas and electric companies, better known as PG&E, in California, and their connection

to the deadliest wildfire in California history and attacks on the power grid.

Catherine is a Wall Street Journal reporter and author of California Burning, The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric, and what it means for America's Power Grid, which is a national bestseller and winner of the 2022 Golden Poppy Award for Nonfiction. Her coverage of PG&E in the Wildfire in California made her a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize.

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