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Lights out: House plan would protect nation's electricity from solar flare, nuclear bomb
Washington Examiner ^
| 17 June 2013
| Paul Bedard
Posted on 06/20/2013 7:49:53 AM PDT by LSUfan
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Candles produce too much CO2, and don’t support the leftist/Obama agenda of us freezing in the dark.
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:02:57 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: thackney
That didn't make any sense to me. And I've sized a lot of motors for process applications. Think mass flow or breaking a thixotropic fluid.
In a throttling type application, with a varying process, that is quite true.
Around here, atmospheric temperatures vary some 50°F daily. That changes delivered fluid viscosities considerably as well as demands on cooling fans. Cycling the fans was not an option for us as viscosity control and therefore temperature control, both in process materials and ambient conditions meant everything to us in terms of material cost in the final product.
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:06:02 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(Islam offers choices: Convert, submit, or die.)
To: Marcella
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:15:30 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(Islam offers choices: Convert, submit, or die.)
To: thackney
“Toledo Bend”
I know where that is. In a disaster situation, I don’t think massive movement on highways would be to that area from where you are - that’s a good spot. I lived in east Texas near Longview, Texas, growing up.
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:17:14 PM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
To: humblegunner; Jim Robinson; Lazamataz
You might be interested in this article I posted - post #53.
SOLAR FLARE VS. NEMP ATTACK (Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse)
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:35:40 PM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
To: greeneyes
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:37:03 PM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
To: Carry_Okie
Thanks, I understand now.
That is outside my experience but I understand the application.
Cheers!
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:45:03 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
Spare Transformers or the existing ones? And if the transformers survive, but all the other equipment fails, what have you accomplished? Stored implies spare transformers and equipment. If by 'other equipment' you mean your microwave then nothing. An EMP is not going to get every piece of electronics everywhere so hopefully there will still be plenty of eq. to use the grid. Me? I'm building my 4kw solar power system now. I've bought an extra 4000w inverter, charger and am storing 1000w of panels just in case.
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:46:10 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the left the truth looks like Right-Wing extremism.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
I don’t believe there is any cause for concern of a transformer not connected to a transmission/distribution line. I do not believe there is any noticeable EMP effect on a disconnected transformer.
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posted on
06/20/2013 12:53:50 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: LSUfan
The biggest threat to our electric grid isn’t a nuclear bomb or a solar flare - it’s our government.
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posted on
06/20/2013 1:06:34 PM PDT
by
meyer
(When people fear the government, you have Tyranny)
To: meyer
111
posted on
06/20/2013 1:09:55 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: meyer
“The biggest threat to our electric grid isnt a nuclear bomb or a solar flare - its our government.”
I’ll Bump to that! That is exactly right. The Soviet Union, China, and North Korea all use/used electricity as a weapon against the people.
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posted on
06/20/2013 1:12:27 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
To: LSUfan
Dubbed the Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage Act... Really? S.H.I.E.L.D?
-PJ
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posted on
06/20/2013 1:16:48 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: thackney
BTW, around here groundwater is occasionally stingy, so virtually all wells have electronic controllers to keep the pumps from overdrawing and running dry.
Same story WRT EMP.
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posted on
06/20/2013 1:49:42 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(Islam offers choices: Convert, submit, or die.)
To: onedoug
He won't have to veto it.
It's a Republican proposal, so it'll never get a vote in the Senate.
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posted on
06/20/2013 1:54:42 PM PDT
by
daler
To: Lazamataz
A little dyslexic there, huh? See my 113.
-PJ
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posted on
06/20/2013 3:46:40 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: Maceman
One of the few times in recent years that I can recall the government planning to do something useful.That's what I was feeling too... How strange that we give them sooooooo much money in taxes and they do almost nothing to protect us in any way that matters...
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posted on
06/20/2013 4:48:15 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(... liberal anger, the privileged wheeze of entitled brats ... Greenfield)
To: Marcella
118
posted on
06/21/2013 2:20:19 AM PDT
by
greeneyes
(Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
To: LSUfan
Why bother? O*******bama will veto it.
119
posted on
06/21/2013 2:21:20 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
To: null and void
“Like the ones Hams use to protect their radios from lighting strikes on the antenna?”
Exactly why I am suspicious of this bill. Even neighborhood transformers have grounding and many have shielded electronic circuit breakers.
The technology has been around since the ‘40s when the government started designing for EMPs of nuclear weapons.
If this just raises the bar to ensure transformers can withstand a vigorous EMP I’m fine with it but I suspect it’s the beginning of a new control, err, “management” program for the government.
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posted on
06/21/2013 3:37:23 AM PDT
by
Justa
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