The Cyber Threat: Obama’s Green Policies Threaten America’s Energy Security
Securing electric grids from cyber attack a lower priority than wind and solar power
High-voltage electric transmission lines pass through a wind farm in Spearville, Kansas / AP
BY: Bill Gertz
July 5, 2016 5:00 am
The threat of a devastating cyber attack on the U.S. electrical grid is increasing due to the Obama administration’s politically correct policies that spend vast sums on green and smart grid technologies while failing to secure power grids from cyber attack.
A report by the Manhattan Institute, a New York think tank, warns that the push to integrate wind and solar electrical power into the $6 trillion electric utility system has created new vulnerabilities that other nations could exploit in a future cyber war.
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