Interessantes, estas ideias da Suécia para apostar na resiliência. Interessante, como aquilo que se tem passado na Ucrânia tem gerado esta preocupação. Será que acontece noutros países?
"The Swedish tech entrepreneur Jonas Birgersson remembers seeing the satellite image of Ukraine - a blackened scar on Europe's face - after Russia attacked its power grid in 2022.
The outages left millions of Ukrainians without electricity, heat and water as temperatures dropped below freezing. They also brought home with frightening clarity the vulnerability of Europe's large electric grids.
"This was the trigger, Mr. Bigersson said. It prompted him to embark on a novel experiment in his hometown, Lund, Sweden. Could he develop a new system of local production, storage and sharing of electricity that would be both cheaper and more secure? The solution he came up with is grabbing attention. Mr. Birgersson's company, ViaEuropa, has signed a joint agreement to develop small grids with an association that represents housing companies across Sweden. Together, the companies manage one million apartments."
Trecho retirado de "Big Idea in Energy: Small Grids" publicado no NYT de 28 de Setembro passado.
"Sweden was predicted to become entirely cashless by 2030.
As the country developed its own mobile payment system, called Swish, banks slowly stopped handling cash, and tills disappeared from shop counters.
With Sweden's cash circulation the lowest as a share of GDP in the world, its progress was lauded, and observers wondered how it had forged so far ahead of the rest of Europe so quickly. Then Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and it all changed.
Realising that reliance on an electronic payment system left Sweden vulnerable to blackouts or sabotage, the Riksbank-Sweden's central bank - urged civilians to keep 1,000 Swedish kronor (£80) at home per adult.
The government issued a brochure entitled "If Crisis or War Comes" to every household, advising Swedes to use cash regularly to "strengthen preparedness"."
Trecho retirado de "We need change - Why Sweden scrapped its push to be cashless" publicado no The Telegraph de ontem.
Estas duas histórias obrigam-nos a rever o que entendemos por progresso. Um sistema mais rápido, mais barato e mais cómodo pode tornar-se mais frágil quando elimina alternativas e pressupõe que tudo continuará a funcionar.
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Não vai ser só a ameaça de guerra, vai ser também isto:
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