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Or move towards no grid? Solar, batteries, local power storage facilities (like pumps) and backup generators perhaps using natural gas.
by quickthrower2 3y ago
Or move towards no grid? Solar, batteries, local power storage facilities (like pumps) and backup generators perhaps using natural gas.
- chrisco255 3y agoAny electrical circuits unshielded have potential to overload in a solar storm like the Carrington event. Induction from magnetism creates a current even in disconnected circuitry and wires. See: https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0902magnetic-storm-disrupts-telegraphy-carrington-event/ https://www.wired.com/2011/09/0902magnetic-storm-disrupts-te... Telegraph operators were able to communicate even though disconnected during the event.
- 8bitsrule 3y agoIt's essential to note that,compared to Carrington, >the Miyake Events (including the newly discovered 14,300-yr-old storm) would have been a staggering entire order-of-magnitude greater in size and that now 9 of them have been found. The following links the 2017 Fusa Miyaki-led PNAS paper (complete) concerning 'Large 14C excursion in 5480 BC..." https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1613144114 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1613144114