><snip> though I still think you might be surprise how quick infrastructure is put up again.
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>To give you an idea we had a 2000MW load base station fail due to 20years lack of maintenance (not direct physical damage), it took 6 weeks to get the first (least damaged) unit back on line, it then took another 2 years to get the rest of the units back on line & operating at full capacity, including taking the first unit back off line to complete its required repairs.
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>These repairs take time.

I guess this depends on a number of factors:

- size
- Security measures
- Ad-hoc repairs or long term repairs
- Type of fuel (oil, coal, nucluear, Water, wind, solar), etc.

It does not neccesarely means that the infrastrature is repaired, but maybe replaced by huge numbers of generators, getting rid of single point of failure. Again I think you would be suprised how inventive people are in getting arround problems they need to solve quickly.

Walter,