![The collapse of transmission lines led to the shutdown of SA's entire power network.](/web/20161007122330im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/r/k/u/z/image.related.wideLandscape.620x349.grvyih.11u395.png/1475803278593.jpg)
What's really going wrong with electricity
The extreme weather conditions and 80,000 lightning strikes that thrust South Australia into darkness last week was extraordinary enough; the disingenuous debate it sparked about Australia's changing energy system has been something else again.