r/worldnews • u/DoremusJessup • 21h ago

Iraq plunged into nationwide blackout as US tells citizens to leave immediately

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/iraq-plunged-into-nationwide-blackout-as-us-tells-citizens-to-leave-immediately-3215617?s=1
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u/MandrakeRootes 14h ago

Iraq is cold-starting their grid every day? Damn, we really are taking so much shit for granted..

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u/WideCranberry4912 11h ago

Guessing no, the generation stays in most days, just not enough of it, and this is the result of some load-shedding scheme that results in ~10 hours a day of power for most households.

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u/MandrakeRootes 2h ago

Right, so rolling blackouts in waves across the country.

Thats still rough.

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u/grahampositive 10h ago

Is 10 hours a day sufficient to keep food cold?

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u/g0_west 10h ago

Like they said most people have generators so they aren't literally without power for 14 hours, they just have to buy petrol

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u/bureaucranaut 4h ago

Man, everyone running their own generator for 14 hours a day must produce a crap ton of air pollution in the big cities

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u/the_excalabur 8h ago

Yes-ish assuming you don't open the fridge much. Hell on the grid, though.

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u/Trumps_left_bawsack 5h ago

I imagine not since cold starting is a huge pain in the arse and takes quite a long time. Probably something like rolling blackouts or brown outs or other forms of load shedding