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And then, in the next 100 or 200 years, a geomagnetic storm destroys all electrical systems and no one will know how to perform basic jobs because we delegated
by pkorzeniewski 12y ago
And then, in the next 100 or 200 years, a geomagnetic storm destroys all electrical systems and no one will know how to perform basic jobs because we delegated them to robots.. I know, a dystopian vision, but still possible :)
- richmarr 12y agoNot just possible. Likely. The Brunhes–Matuyama reversal was 780k years ago and the average gap is only 450k years http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal. Such reversal events can cause thousands of years of fluctuating protection from solar radiation. I'd be fascinated to see a study of how we might protect ourselves during such an event. Sadly I imagine nobody wants to be the guy that spent billions on EM shielding 50,000 years before anyone needed it.