SPRey wrote:
What if--
What if all vehicles are electric (requiring the power grid to be charged) and all ICE cars outlawed.
What if all gas/diesel fuels are also outlawed (Paris Accord/Green New Deal/Great Reset Initiative/Davos 2021).
What if our electronic infrastructure is disrupted by the sun (solar storm) or from an attack from an enemy (China/Russia/North Korea/Iran)?
No electricity, no electronic infrastructure, no power to recharge our battery powered devices/vehicles.
And I hear the howls, "Oh, come on man! This can't happen...man made blackouts are temporary and can be fixed."
Not so for Electromagnetic Pulse effect from solar storms, geomagnetic reversal and we have man made--the EMP weapons China and Russia are/have developed.
To counter US' repeated trespasses into Chinese territorial waters, the Chinese military has the option of using new approaches, including the deployment of electromagnetic weapons, Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and commentator, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1182886.shtml
DuckDuckGo/Google this search term: "EMP" "Pearl Harbor"
and select your favorite "biased" news source.
Is any government/global power capable of handling an EMP crises? As evidenced with COVID-19, IMO the answer is no. For decades western governments have spent billions of dollars preparing for biological warfare and civil defense protection/recovery--from threats with mortality rates of over 90% (anthrax, genetically modified organisms, etc). But when challenged with COVID-19 with a teensy weensy >1% mortality rate--we are greeted with global incompetence. All hat, no cowboy. They all over promised and under delivered.
Methinks the old style ICE engines (the ones without CPUs) will be in great demand in post EMP world. Should have kept my old '68 VW bug, packed it in grease and buried it in my backyard.
And for those that like to read, download this http://www.firstempcommission.org/uploads/1/1/9/5/119571849/foreign_views_of_emp_attack_by_peter_pry_july_2017.pdf
What if as part of the transition to the new electric economy most every home and business had solar and battery? A new grid based upon a collection of mini grids. If part fails the rest continues, many are individually self sufficient with some conservation.
Otherwise all the same issues with destruction of oil production and refining.
With the central generating plants we have now the grid is actually more susceptible to disruption. The solar - wind - battery grid actually is more secure.
Disruption is tough for those that are made obsolete and they will fight it all the way. Economics favors more solar and wind so it will be coming like it or not.
