The biggest problem is the destruction of power transformers for major power lines.
* They take 18 months to make
* We don’t have a national stockpile of them
* And when ruined by EMP, the only choices are pay a premium to import them or have local grids offline (assuming they aren’t getting power from a local power plant) for a year and a half
If someone really wanted to cause trouble, set off an EMP by Google headquarter OR several major power junctions for the national grid. One shuts down Google and the Pacific Northwest that sends power to the west coast, the other prevents national power grid from functioning properly.
The biggest problem is the destruction of power transformers for major power lines.That 18 month estimate is if we decided to build spare parts now, before we needed them.
* They take 18 months to make
After an EMP attack, it would probably take 20-50 years to rebuild, with the clock starting after the U.S. population stabilized at about 30 million.
“The biggest problem is the destruction of power transformers for major power lines.”
A good, solid EMP strike, which is still a theory and not a fact, wouldn’t take out all the transformers. We’ve had ice storms that have done far more damage than EMP has ever been expected to cause and there were no zombies...ever.
“* They take 18 months to make”
P.S. That little ditty has been passed arounf the Internet and is an old, tired, myth designed to support the idea of zombification after an EMP attack. The fact is there are loads of transformers all over the US and they are easy to make. In fact, I watched one being made and it took all of 12 minutes. Where the survivalist nerds get “18 months” is just out there.