Chronicle of an Ideological Blackout - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

It was said that the big blackout was a “bulo facha”, that that could never happen in our country, until the whole of Spain melted into black for hours. From experience we learn prudence. The ultra-right plays to sow panic in our societies, and in this matter its intention surely was not different. The doubt is whether the pretended escape from alarmism has not become a subtle way to silence certain debates in democracy, simply because they are …

Chronicle of an Ideological Blackout - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Spain has endured the biggest blackout in its history, with nearly 18 hours without electricity. It’s astonishing how quickly you can turn into a Third World

Spain experienced a huge power blackout this Monday 28 April. Around 12:30 Spanish Peninsular time, a massive electricity failure left millions of people in our country and Portugal without supply, affecting this situation to homes, companies, hospitals and mobile phone operators.The operator Red Eléctrica reported that it was an 'energy zero', that is, a total collapse of the electrical system of a country or region that occurs suddenly when th…

The 'merger energy' would mitigate events such as this Monday's big power outage and rise as a strategic option for countries' energy independence and as a firm source when electricity is demanded, according to one scientist who is a world leader in the matter. While the Iberian Peninsula leaves behind the historic widespread power outage that paralysed it and Spain advances reforms and demands responsibilities from private operators, fusion ene…

On April 28, 2025, Spain plunged into the dark with a massive blackout that paralysed the Iberian peninsula. At 12:30 a.m., shortly before lunchtime, the electricity grid collapsed completely, leaving millions without light, stopping trains, turning off traffic lights, generating circulatory chaos and silencing telecommunications. Thousands of people were trapped in elevators. Mobile phones stopped working, isolating the population in a misinfor…