flyingcuttlefish

I think that's what some people are thinking. Energy inverstors run policy most of the time.

flyingcuttlefish

Many think it has to do with opening those Arctic sea lanes, Northwest Passage. Plus N. ide of Russia has that new LNG port (nat'l gas) to supply Europe with.

flyingcuttlefish

Note - these coastal storms can endanger nuke plants located on coasts should they get any type of power outage that lasts over a day. They have back up generators (to run the control room) that are good for just hours and in emergencies in the past they have had problems.

DownRange

Some older plants have only 4-8 hours of backup power.

Now the real question is if these backup systems they have to restore power are hardened for EMP strikes or even a CME .

The one in 1859 did some widespread damage way before any real infrastructure was built on electronics. About 5 years ago there was a similar massive solar flare that missed us by only a few days.

flyingcuttlefish

Yeah. People have no idea, really, what things get affected by widespread power outage .... like pumping water up tall buildings, electronic garage doors that won't open and who know what will happen with newer cars with these electronic keys? Will the door locks be fried? And gas stations all have electric gas pumps, so no refueling. I think, as a matter of civil defense, gas stations wiith more than 2 pumps should all have manual emergency pumps.

DownRange

Everything electronic that isnt inside of a properly grounded faraday cage could be rendered useless whether its plugged into the electric grid or not. If you think about it the results of something like that would be devastating.