This weekend I wrote this diary pointing out that North Korea has the ability to end life as we know it.
The reaction I got from the Daily Kos community surprised me. Instant denial, “tin foil hat”, etc. Yet there is clear scientific evidence on the effects of EMP on the power grid and it is also a scientific fact that all you need to cause an EMP is a nuclear bomb and a rocket that can put it in orbit about 250-300 miles over the earth.
No one here denies that global warming is real, based on scientific evidence, yet this subject got instantly brushed off as a “tin foil hat” subject even tho I linked to no “tin foil hat” sites. The reaction of Daily Kos users is akin to the climate change deniers. I never expected such hypocrisy here and I really didn’t expect the knee-jerk reactions, willfully brushing off scientific research and total ignorance of the subject.
It was even compared to Y2K. But what is not mentioned is that everyone with a computer upgraded and tested the hell out of their systems for two or more years so that the disaster would not happen. Had that work not been done, you could have bet on some serious issues. Meanwhile, tin foil hat wearers like myself are laughed at on the very real threats to the power grid, while it could be prevented if people took the threat seriously, like they did with Y2K. However, nothing at all is being done.
I can understand why it got that reaction. The subject has been co-opted by the tin foil hat wearers on the far right. Do a google search these days on the subject and you have to filter thru hundreds of tin foil hat links.
The threat from CME, EMP or hackers on the power grid is just as real as the threat to humanity from global warming and, like global warming, there are things we can do now to eliminate or mitigate the threat.
This subject needs to be taken seriously. In this diary I will attempt to explain why we are so vulnerable to an event that disables the power grid for months or years. There will be no links to tin foil hat sites. And no advice on how to survive it.
My intention is not to cause panic, or to cause people to go stock their basements with food and buy more guns and ammo. My intention is to bring to light the dependence of life as we know it on the power grid.
The threat to the power grid is very real and must be eliminated or minimized before it’s too late.
Continue below for the details based on scientific research.
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