The problem is, knowledge is NOT sufficient here. We lack the tech base to repair after an EMP Burst that basically fries every microchip in North America.
Yes. . .we could go back to straight transistors. Except nobody makes them like we did in the 1950s, with straight electromechanical manufacturing methods.
We simply lack the tools to MAKE the current tools from a lower tech base: it would effectively knock us back to 1920s tech, and we’d have to gear back up from there. . .
I think 1920s is optimistic. Not because we lack the drive, information, or courage - - but that the catastrophic collapse of modern infrastructure would decimate the population within weeks. Without communications the money system would cease to exist, and with most vehicles (and the resources to fuel them) out of commission, transportation would come to a standstill and it would not just be the Occupiers who turn to anarchy and chaos to get what they want.
I could go on, but anyone who doubts the seriousness of an EMP attack owes it to themselves to become educated rather than spew disinformation or platitudes. Here’s a starting point:
www.empcommission.org/docs/A2473-EMP_Commission-7MB.pdf
And if you don’t believe me or the US gummint, how about the Heritage Foundation?
http://www.heritage.org/issues/missile-defense/electromagnetic-pulse-attack
Good grief, man.
All that technology is documented ad infinitum
If computers and calculators no longer worked, would it take decades to manufacture mechanical calculators while we rebuild. I don't think so.
Most of the monumental works of American exceptionalism (the the Obum wants to take credit for) were built long before the age of computers and microelectronics.
My life has spanned both eras, and I refuse to join the luddites.