Bob Hall: “From 1984 to 2013, he operated a business, Professional Proposal Management, Inc., which assisted companies in obtaining government contracts. “
EMP can be big business. This is just a business stunt like the Ozone Hole was and Globull Warming is.
“EMP can be big business. This is just a business stunt like the Ozone Hole was and Globull Warming is.”
It could be. That’s what the EEI (utility lobbyists) claim, and they aren’t totally incorrect.
However, EMP IS a significant problem. We simply don’t know how significant it will be. So utilities DO have a point - there is insufficient guidance on “what to do” with utility hardening. Many are taking significant steps.
It is not possible to “shield the grid” but it is possible to prioritize and target specific vulnerable areas so that you would minimize downtime. There is no simple answer or action that will “protect the grid”.
Don't know what you're smoking, but put it down, let the air (and your head) clear -- and RTFA.
Not every threat can be dismissed as a "money-hungry capitalist business conspiracy" -- as you see things. Drop your simple-minded conspiracy theories and face the real world -- where physics rules!
As I posted above, the effect is real; I observed it first-hand. A single nuke detonation at the right altitude and over the right coordinates would effectively destroy this nation's electrical / electronic infrastructure. This is not new news; how long ago was it that we tested nukes over the Pacific?
And, there are existing, mature non-nuclear weapons systems that could have similar effects across a somewhat smaller area. (The effect can be demonstrated with parts from a microwave oven...)
What's changed is that some awfully nasty folks now (or soon will) have the capability to bring our technological society to a full halt; and they already have demonstrated the will to do so.
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Keep on as you are; you'll never figure out why your "code"stopped working...
Bob Hall: “From 1984 to 2013, he operated a business, Professional Proposal Management, Inc., which assisted companies in obtaining government contracts. “
EMP can be big business. This is just a business stunt like the Ozone Hole was and Globull Warming is.
+1,000,000