Andri Sn\u00e6r Magnason skrifar mikla grein \u00ed Fr\u00e9ttabla\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed dag, sem allir \u00e6ttu a\u00f0 lesa. S\u00e9rstaklega \u00feeir sem munu aldrei gera \u00fea\u00f0.<\/p>\n
\u00cd greininni v\u00edkur Andri a\u00f0 einu og \u00f6\u00f0ru var\u00f0andi \u00fer\u00f3un \u00edslenskra orkum\u00e1la s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1rin. En hann kemur l\u00edka inn \u00e1 Einar Ben…<\/p>\n
Virkjunarhugmyndir Einars Ben og f\u00e9laga \u00ed \u00dej\u00f3rs\u00e1 voru me\u00f0 hreinum \u00f3l\u00edkindum. Virkjanar\u00f6\u00f0in samkv\u00e6mt \u00feessum hundra\u00f0 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlu hugmyndum hef\u00f0i gefi\u00f0 af s\u00e9r afl eins og K\u00e1rahnj\u00fakavirkjun. Allt reist me\u00f0 t\u00e6kni og b\u00fana\u00f0i \u00e1ranna upp \u00far 1900.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er alveg r\u00e9tt hj\u00e1 Andra Sn\u00e6 a\u00f0 \u00feessar hugmyndir voru rugl. Algj\u00f6r steypa (\u00ed eiginlegri og \u00f3eiginlegri merkingu) og raunar gj\u00f6rsamlega galnar. \u00de\u00e6r voru svo galnar a\u00f0 ma\u00f0ur \u00e6tti eiginlega ekki a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00fe\u00e1 vir\u00f0ingu a\u00f0 byrja \u00e1 a\u00f0 benda \u00e1 hvar galskapurinn byrjar.<\/p>\n
\u00deetta vita \u00ed raun allir \u00feeir sem hafa skrifa\u00f0 um s\u00f6gu rafv\u00e6\u00f0ingarinnar \u00e1 \u00cdslandi – hvort sem er \u00ed b\u00f3kum, \u00e1 s\u00fdningum e\u00f0a \u00f6\u00f0rum vettvangi. (Og \u00fea\u00f0 er raunar \u00f3tr\u00falega st\u00f3r h\u00f3pur. \u00dea\u00f0 eru glettilega margar b\u00e6kur sem komi\u00f0 hafa \u00fat um \u00edslenska raforkus\u00f6gu.)<\/p>\n
En \u00fea\u00f0 segir \u00feetta samt enginn. Langar greinar hafa veri\u00f0 skrifa\u00f0ar um fossadraumana \u00ed upphafi tuttugustu aldar. Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar hafa st\u00fadera\u00f0 vi\u00f0skipta\u00e6vint\u00fdri EInars Ben. – \u00feannig var mi\u00f0bindi\u00f0 \u00ed tr\u00edl\u00f3g\u00edu Gu\u00f0j\u00f3ns Fri\u00f0rikssonar um sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 n\u00e6r einv\u00f6r\u00f0ungu um \u00fe\u00e6r \u00e6fingar (og var langbesta b\u00f3kin \u00ed b\u00f3kaflokknum, \u00fe\u00f3tt almenningi \u00fe\u00e6tti h\u00fan minnst spennandi). Og svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 \u00f6ll yfirlitsritin um s\u00f6gu st\u00f3ru veitufyrirt\u00e6kjanna…<\/p>\n
Alltaf v\u00edkja menn a\u00f0 Einari Ben og alltaf \u00e1 sama h\u00e1tt. Hugmyndirnar eru anna\u00f0 hvort teknar alvarlega og leita\u00f0 sk\u00fdringa \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed hvers vegna \u00fe\u00e6r str\u00f6ndu\u00f0u (p\u00f3lit\u00edsk andsta\u00f0a h\u00e9r heima er vins\u00e6ll s\u00f6kud\u00f3lgur) – e\u00f0a hugmyndirnar eru afgreiddar kurteislega sem \u201est\u00f3rhuga\u201c, \u201eef til vill of metna\u00f0arfullar\u201c e\u00f0a \u201e\u00e1 undan sinni samt\u00ed\u00f0\u201c. \u00c9g hef sj\u00e1lfur k\u00f3a\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00ed \u00feessu. \u00dea\u00f0 hanga myndir af Einari Ben og einni af fyrirhugu\u00f0um virkjunum T\u00edtans-f\u00e9lagsins uppi \u00e1 vegg \u00e1 Minjasafninu \u00e1samt e-m almennt or\u00f0u\u00f0um texta um metna\u00f0 og st\u00f3rhug.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g er alltaf a\u00f0 hitta f\u00f3lk \u00ed tengslum vi\u00f0 vinnuna – reyndar eiginlega bara karlmenn um og yfir mi\u00f0jan aldur – sem fer a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a um Einar Ben og st\u00f3ru virkjunar\u00e1formin. Voru \u00cdslendingar ekki bara of miklir molb\u00faar fyrir \u00feetta? Hva\u00f0 hef\u00f0i breyst ef…?<\/p>\n
Einhverra hluta vegna er rugli\u00f0 \u00ed Einari Ben me\u00f0h\u00f6ndla\u00f0 \u00ed s\u00f6gunni sem alv\u00f6ru till\u00f6gur sem hef\u00f0u geta\u00f0 komi\u00f0 til framkv\u00e6mda, \u00e1 me\u00f0an \u00e1l\u00edka loftkastalasm\u00ed\u00f0 Sigur\u00f0ar m\u00e1lara um \u00fer\u00f3un Reykjav\u00edkur er afgreidd eins og vera ber: sem draum\u00f3rar listamanns me\u00f0 r\u00edkara \u00edmyndunarafl en veruleikaskyn.<\/p>\n
Allir sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar? Sag\u00f0i \u00e9g allir sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar? Afsaki\u00f0… allir nema einn. Sk\u00fali Sigur\u00f0sson v\u00edsindasagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur er einn kl\u00e1rasti ma\u00f0ur sem \u00e9g hef kynnst. Fyrir m\u00f6rgum \u00e1rum vann hann a\u00f0 ritun rafv\u00e6\u00f0ingars\u00f6gu sem hvorki hann n\u00e9 verkkaupinn – \u00edslensku veitufyrirt\u00e6kin – b\u00e1ru g\u00e6fu til a\u00f0 kl\u00e1ra.<\/p>\n
Sk\u00fali afgreiddi Einar Ben snyrtilega \u00ed handriti s\u00ednu. Skaut hann einfaldlega \u00ed kaf og neita\u00f0i a\u00f0 k\u00f3a me\u00f0 bullinu. Fyrir 15-20 \u00e1rum var engin stemning fyrir \u00fev\u00ed hj\u00e1 \u00edslenskum raforkuk\u00f6llum a\u00f0 afbyggja Einar Ben, sem aftur kann a\u00f0 vera hluti af sk\u00fdringunni \u00e1 a\u00f0 handriti\u00f0 var aldrei kl\u00e1ra\u00f0 og b\u00fai\u00f0 til \u00fatg\u00e1fu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Andri Sn\u00e6r Magnason skrifar mikla grein \u00ed Fr\u00e9ttabla\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed dag, sem allir \u00e6ttu a\u00f0 lesa. S\u00e9rstaklega \u00feeir sem munu aldrei gera \u00fea\u00f0. \u00cd greininni v\u00edkur Andri a\u00f0 einu og \u00f6\u00f0ru var\u00f0andi \u00fer\u00f3un \u00edslenskra orkum\u00e1la s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1rin. En hann kemur l\u00edka inn \u00e1 Einar Ben… Virkjunarhugmyndir Einars Ben og f\u00e9laga \u00ed \u00dej\u00f3rs\u00e1 voru me\u00f0 hreinum \u00f3l\u00edkindum. … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Um \u00f3\u00f0u mennina<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}