READ MORE UK facing NEW mini-heatwave with ‘hottest hour’ set to roast England<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWhile cash usage continues to decline across Europe, events like this reinforce why maintaining robust access must remain a priority. This includes identifying and supporting critical services \u2013 such as supermarkets, petrol stations and pharmacies \u2013 to ensure they can continue accepting cash when digital systems are down.<\/p>\n
“Countries like Sweden and Norway have already recognised this, encouraging citizens to keep emergency cash and reinforcing cash acceptance in key parts of the economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we continue to move towards a more digital economy, policymakers and businesses must not lose sight of the need for balance. Protecting access to cash isn’t just about supporting vulnerable groups \u2014 it\u2019s about ensuring the whole economy can function when digital systems falter. [This week’s] outage is a clear reminder: in times of crisis, cash still counts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prof Jianzhong Wu, the head of the school of engineering at Cardiff University, told the Guardian blackouts \u201ccan happen anywhere\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite today\u2019s high standards of reliability, low-probability but high-impact blackout events can still happen. These networks are not designed to be completely blackout-free because achieving such a level of reliability would require investment far beyond what is economically feasible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Charmalee Jayamaha, a senior manager at the UK government-backed Energy Systems Catapult, said: \u201cNo system can be 100% resilient,\u201d so risks \u201cneed to be balanced with our willingness to pay to reduce them\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holidaymakers have been warned to ensure they are keeping coins and banknotes on them amid the threat of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,2406,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-76913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-holidays","11":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114456214093600444","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Holidaymakers have been warned to ensure they are keeping coins and banknotes on them amid the threat of power outages.<\/p>\n