The great blackout was a « Bulo Facha » | Opinion
It was said that the great blackout was a « Facha Bulo », that that could never happen in our country, until Spain was merged black for hours. From experience we learn prudence. The extreme right plays to sow panic in our societies, and in this matter its intention was surely not different. The doubt is whether the alleged escape from alarmism has not become a subtle way of silencing certain debates in democracy, simply, because they are uncomfortable to the agenda of progress.
It occurs with the case of renewable energies. Although the president of the Spanish Electricity (Ree), Beatriz Corredor, denies that they were the reason for the energy fall – will be prudent to have an exhaustive investigation of the incident – the blackout has allowed us to know, at least, some potential risks of the ecological transition. The previous president of Ree, Jordi Sevilla, recognized in an article that the Spanish network It is not yet technically prepared for intensity peaks in renewables – photovoltaic and wind; Several experts interviewed support that thesis; and A Red Eléctrica report alert two months ago of possible « disconnections. » Little known were those arguments until yesterday by the general public. There will always be those who interpret it as an attack on clean energies, when it should be the opposite: a way of pointing out what can be improved in the future, for those of us who believe in that model.
So one might ask what helps to stop the ultra -right to avoid Certain discussions, perhaps, because they present fissures to the progressive ideal. It was also said that law of only yes is yes I would never reduce convictions, which was a macho propaganda, and recently, the Superior Court of Justice of Navarra ratified The discount of condemnation of two members of the pack. To think that ultra -right only lives on bulos is naif. He has also begun to expand in the « I already said it, believe me, that I do not lie to you » to continue adding adherents to his cause, taking advantage of the informative gaps left by the political system.
After all, avoiding contemplating certain scenarios does not prevent its consequences. Since the blackout was a « bulos facha », many citizens They probably took pitorreo that had a Kit Emergency at home. The youngest, maybe they first saw a radio to batteries working. Others did not have that moment of revelation: they were trapped in trains, elevators, or incommunicado. Many families would not have had how to light during the night, or how to heat the food, if they had neither flashlight, nor candles, nor Camping Gas, because it did not seem necessary. He Antialarmism It also raises its societies accustomed to normal.
However, do not expect too much political reflection on the blackout; There will only be ideological debate or partisan struggle. Systematically demonize nuclear seems unrealistic: most of French energy, which helped trace our model, comes from there. Different is that one has moral motifs to oppose it legitimately. Even so, Redeia’s own report stated that depending only on renewables – without improving a network little prepared for them – could cause severe light cuts due to their lower capacity to adapt to disturbances. All this, added to the closure of coal plants, combined (gas) or nuclear cycle, which offer greater stability or inertia as long as we do not adapt our electrical infrastructure at all to the new model.
The fact is that Spain lived in their flesh the possibility that the « bulus » was real, and now there are experts saying that it is not so weird that a blackout occurs every 50 or 100 years, in exchange for having cheaper energy. Accepting that one of the euro economies can go out for hours should be worrying. The cheerful terraces or people circulating civilly on the street They would probably have seen our worst face hours after the supply cut. Sometimes, that intended « civism » is the closest thing to the meekness of metabolizing that, whatever happens, we are willing not to outrak ourselves because then it becomes really difficult to point out or control those responsible for what happened.
Finally, the great blackout warns us that we do not live on their backs to a hostile international context. The world is not that place where, according to some, we do not need to spend in defense. Protecting critical infrastructure is first of national security, although in this case it will not mediate, according to Ree, a foreign power cyber attack. It is not even necessary to return the mili to instruct citizens in basic advice in case emergency situations are repeated.
In the end, the « Bulo Facha » hid many nuances that we so far ignored. And, often, who do not win the truth but those who make people stop believing in official explanations. That each one assumes their guilt or responsibility in this matter: the ultra -right will now tell us that, at least, they had already warned.
