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I disagree, any attempt to shutdown a significant part of our power grid is terrifying to me. We are at a point in our society that we cannot survive without el
by talmand 14y ago
I disagree, any attempt to shutdown a significant part of our power grid is terrifying to me. We are at a point in our society that we cannot survive without electricity for a large amount of time. Our economy would shutdown, people will starve as easily obtainable food would go away, certain medicines that keep people alive would spoil, hospitals would shut down, and more. We are so deeply ingrained in having electricity that being forced back to not having it at all would likely kill millions before we could adapt. Especially if the attack caused a semi-permanent power grid failure, such as with an EMP.
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoObligatory pointer to One Second After by William R. Forstchen[1], which is a factionalized account of what came out of the US EMP Attack Commission[2]. A power hiccup is not a problem. A systemic power failure is a catastrophe! 1. http://www.onesecondafter.com/ http://www.onesecondafter.com/ 2. http://EMPCommission.org/ http://EMPCommission.org/
- talmand 14y agoI was thinking of that book but couldn't recall the name of it.
- nradov 14y agoA serious solar storm could damage the power grid more severely than a deliberate attack. If power surges burn out more transformers then it's going to take a long time to bring the grid back in some areas. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/06/solar-storms/ferris-text http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/06/solar-storms/ferri...