Yeah, having lived in third world and now living in California, I can tell this is BS. Third world electricity is having power cuts daily in small towns(not less populated, by the way), and probably weekly in cities. I rarely had a power cut in California in the last decade. If it did, it was less than 15 minutes in all.

We average about two outages per month near Silicon Valley. However, they're extremely localized. Power is pretty reliable in the cities.

I'm honestly not sure how where that falls on the spectrum of third world power reliability.

His country didnt have blackouts in the 90s, California does. The math checks out.

> with some aspects

He's clearly laid out the aspects he's talking about, too. If availability of electricity is something you prioritize, then the failure in that regard is significant. If you don't prioritize that, then recognize that you're probably in the minority.