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Hokie

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6. The statement in the article is technically corret but still stupid

Reply to empedocles (Reply #4)

Mon May 10, 2021, 07:17 PM

May 2021

Operators sit in control rooms and operate pumps, valves, and other devices from there. Whether the do it with a mouse and a PC or a push button on a graphical control panel like they did back in the 1970's is irrelevant. There are still times when operators physically go out and do things like blocking in equipment for maintenance but the day to do operation is remote and has been for 60 years or more.

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