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Big solar flare. Grid goes down. Could take years to get it back up. https://www.cnet.com/news/we-arent-ready-for-a-solar-storm-smackdown/ https://www.cnet.com

• mlyle 7y ago
  We're near a new Maunder minimum, so becoming less and less likely. Also, while I think a big solar flare would break a lot of stuff--- I think we're better prepared for it than many give us credit for. Tens of millions of people might be initially without power; some fraction of them may need to wait for a long time (months or even years) to get it back; and various bits of transport and production may get disrupted. Enough to require rationing and a major pain to quality of life, but not enough for any kind of catastrophic chain reaction, IMO.
  • codeulike 7y ago
    Interesting, thanks