From transmission lines to “Freedom Fuel” BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here for a downloadable pdf Forest fires, cyber warfare, sabotage, and plain old utility company incompetence, greed, and malfeasance have brought us to the point where we must abandon the electrical grid. It … Continue Reading
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