chronicledmonocle

Better get DOGE on it! /s

Neutral and Ground are bonded at the first point of disconnect, which provides two paths to ground in the event a ground is lost was my point. Not that there are somehow "two Earth's".

Except with proper arc and ground fault protection on a circuit, which is mandatory on basically everything in North America now, you could half insert a plug and stick your tongue to it without getting a shock.

American electrical systems have bonded neutrals and grounds at the point of disconnect, so in the event of a ground fault, there are multiple layers of safety involved.

Lower voltage by using half of a split phase 240V means shocks are less deadly.

Electrical code also requires Arc and Ground fault protection on all circuits.

The biggest advantages to European electrical systems are smaller and fewer conductors, due to higher voltage, and appliances like kettles can draw more watts as a result.

Both systems have advantages and disadvantages, but saying that American Electrical systems are "the most unsafe electrical systems in the world" is bullshit. Visit India where people regularly hook up unsanctioned taps to live power lines or Central America where they put electric hot water heaters literally in the shower, conductors and all, almost always by Handyman Juan who doesn't hook up any ground fault protection.

Lower voltage is less deadly.

Having a multi grounded approach provides multiple layers of safety for shorts.

Just to name a few.

American electrical systems are split phase 240V. If you want 240V, you just connect between both halves of the phase.

America has a lot of stupid, but the majority our electrical systems are very much NOT one of them.

As much as I absolutely adore Bernie, the guy needs a rest. He'd be starting as VP for a potential 8 year period of two terms at 86.....That means he'd be 94 by the time he left office. The man is an absolute beast, but father time catches up with us all and I don't want to see his final days in politics to be a sad decline after everything he's given. He deserves to serve as a badass senator, like he always has, until a progressive gets elected as president and then retire.

AOC and Pete Buttigeig as VP, on the other hand......or Tim Waltz again......or Elizabeth Warren for a double team, all woman ticket? Hell yeah.

Didn't James Earl Jones give Disney permission to use AI generated Vader voices after he passed? If so, I see no problem with this IN THIS SITUATION. Normally I'm very anti-AI generated, but this seems fine to me if I'm remembering that right.

Would have been an easy way to get our first black woman as president, if he'd won.

We've also been talking about curing it for years and it hasn't happened, so maybe live your life like you're dying and be pleasantly surprised if we cure it.

Our UAV is online!

This is common in the US when you run out of paid high speed data for your cell phone plan. They throttle your speeds to 128kbps so you technically have "unlimited data at 3G speeds" but it's basically barely usable.