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> I mean, we've entered an age, where a farmer can't milk their cows, if the software of the milking robot has a hitch - can't plow their fields, when the gps-s
by nokcha 5y ago
> I mean, we've entered an age, where a farmer can't milk their cows, if the software of the milking robot has a hitch - can't plow their fields, when the gps-software that drives the tractor isn't working.
Seems like quite a dangerous situation, if something like the Carrington Event knocks the grid offline for an extended period of time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoSeeing how we coped with Covid has made me wonder how well we would manage an event like that. Supposedly we are well prepared in the UK but that was also the case for Covid and we know how that turned out.
- rajin444 5y agoThe average age of death for Covid is higher than the average life expectancy. You’re going to have a hard time convincing people that is a true crisis.
- Apocryphon 5y agoWhat about the state of the health care system? Hospital occupancy?
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- hooby 5y agoWow... "It's not a crisis, because (mostly) only old people die." I'm speechless.