China Can Cause Blackouts In US And Europe Through Solar Inverter Technology, Suggest Officials

It sounds like the far-fetched plot of a cheesy James Bond movie: the Chinese military causes civilization-crippling blackouts around the world, plunging cities from San Francisco to Berlin to Seoul into chaos, while invading Taiwan. Hospitals stall. Subways freeze. Data centers go dark.

But it s not far-fetched. In fact, China just demonstrated that it has the power and may be willing to use it.

Last November, a Chinese solar company named Deye remotely shut down solar power systems in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Pakistan. This inverter is not allowed use [sic] at Pakistan/USA/UK, read the message on the inverter screen. Pls return to your supplier.

via www.public.news

Michael Shellenberger.