who says they need to keep running at 100%? You could probably idle them at 1% and keep the lights on. Then after a hundred or so years, they start failing, and the natives are surprised and excited when the magic lifts and lights stop working.

> On Feb 9, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Kelly St. Clair <xxxxxx@efn.org> wrote:
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> The power plants wouldn't /keep/ running, though - not after they miss a few (dozen) annual maintenances, which I doubt the locals are in any position to provide.
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