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How exactly would we lose the electric grid? Nice thing about a distributed infrastructure is that it's, well, distributed. Also, (nuclear aircraft carriers an
by semi-extrinsic 10y ago
How exactly would we lose the electric grid? Nice thing about a distributed infrastructure is that it's, well, distributed.
Also, (nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines|jet aircraft engines) can be (very|relatively) quickly brought into duty producing electricity locally in every city, way before any pandemics and mass starvation.
Longer term, converting from the refrigerated fresh food system of today, to a system based on pickling/curing/canning/iceboxes/etc. is hardly black magic.
- woofyman 10y ago>How exactly would we lose the electric grid? Coronal mass ejection >Also, (nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines|jet aircraft engines) can be (very|relatively) quickly brought into duty producing electricity locally in every city, way before any pandemics and mass starvation. That doesn't scale. >Longer term, converting from the refrigerated fresh food system of today, to a system based on pickling/curing/canning/iceboxes/etc. is hardly black magic. >In the short term hundreds of millions would starve or die from heat or cold. Cities only keep on hand weeks worth of food.
- marchenko 10y agoNuke subs are my mental woobie against my top horror scenario, the low-altitude EMP detonation. Run silent, run deep. However, this response does not scale well.