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-EMPs are a common love among right-wing <s>grifters</s> <s>wingnuts</s> viewpoint havers that some other country is somehow going to magically figure out an EMP weapon that doesn't involve a nuclear weapon, and use it to decimate society as we know it.<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/emp-weapons-conservatives-trump-gingrich-huckabee.html</ref><ref>https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/huckabees-emp-warnings/</ref> While EMP is certainly a real phenomenon, lots of essential infrastructure has either already been EMI hardened<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/the-grid-might-survive-an-electromagnetic-pulse-just-fine/</ref><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/21/electromagnetic-pulses-emp-weapons-nuclear-explosion/</ref> (thanks to regular solar storms forcing higher standards over time); cell providers notably have been forced to replace electronics at higher rates over the years due to solar storms, and satellites often fail specifically because of solar storms requiring redesigns in recent years.<ref>https://www.flightglobal.com/solar-storm-is-suspected-in-telstar-401-satellite-loss/918.article</ref> There's certainly more work to be done (a [[wikipedia:Carrington_Event|Carrington-level]] event would likely wipe out many transformers, taking ''years''<ref>https://forritlolbetacms.blob.core.windows.net/media/421532f4-12d6-4abb-a206-e31a977a063b/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf</ref> to replace), but claims like "We will return to pre-industrial population levels and 90% of people will DIE"<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-emp-warning-us-will-cease-to-exist-90-of-population-will-die</ref> are purely scaremongering, and honestly come off like the insane raving of your crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.
+EMPs are a common <s>love</s> fear among right-wing <s>grifters</s> <s>wingnuts</s> viewpoint havers that some other country is somehow going to magically figure out an EMP weapon that doesn't involve a nuclear weapon, and use it to decimate society as we know it.<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/emp-weapons-conservatives-trump-gingrich-huckabee.html</ref><ref>https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/huckabees-emp-warnings/</ref> While EMP is certainly a real phenomenon, lots of essential infrastructure has either already been EMI hardened<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/the-grid-might-survive-an-electromagnetic-pulse-just-fine/</ref><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/21/electromagnetic-pulses-emp-weapons-nuclear-explosion/</ref> (thanks to regular solar storms forcing higher standards over time); cell providers notably have been forced to replace electronics at higher rates over the years due to solar storms, and satellites often fail specifically because of solar storms requiring redesigns in recent years.<ref>https://www.flightglobal.com/solar-storm-is-suspected-in-telstar-401-satellite-loss/918.article</ref> There's certainly more work to be done (a [[wikipedia:Carrington_Event|Carrington-level]] event would likely wipe out many transformers, taking ''years''<ref>https://forritlolbetacms.blob.core.windows.net/media/421532f4-12d6-4abb-a206-e31a977a063b/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf</ref> to replace), but claims like "We will return to pre-industrial population levels and 90% of people will DIE"<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-emp-warning-us-will-cease-to-exist-90-of-population-will-die</ref> are purely scaremongering, and honestly come off like the insane raving of your crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.
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 === No, Seriously, Why? ===
-EMPs are a common love among right-wing <s>grifters</s> <s>wingnuts</s> viewpoint havers that some other country is somehow going to magically figure out an EMP weapon that doesn't involve a nuclear weapon, and use it to decimate society as we know it.<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/emp-weapons-conservatives-trump-gingrich-huckabee.html</ref><ref>https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/huckabees-emp-warnings/</ref> While EMP is certainly a real phenomenon, lots of essential infrastructure has either already been EMI hardened<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/the-grid-might-survive-an-electromagnetic-pulse-just-fine/</ref><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/21/electromagnetic-pulses-emp-weapons-nuclear-explosion/</ref> (thanks to regular solar storms forcing higher standards over time); cell providers notably have been forced to replace electronics at higher rates over the years due to solar storms, and satellites often fail specifically because of solar storms requiring redesigns in recent years.<ref>https://www.flightglobal.com/solar-storm-is-suspected-in-telstar-401-satellite-loss/918.article</ref> There's certainly more work to be done (a [[wikipedia:Carrington_Event|Carrington-level]] event would likely wipe out many transformers, which would take ''years''<ref>https://forritlolbetacms.blob.core.windows.net/media/421532f4-12d6-4abb-a206-e31a977a063b/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf</ref> to replace), but claims like "We will return to pre-industrial population levels and 90% of people will DIE"<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-emp-warning-us-will-cease-to-exist-90-of-population-will-die</ref> are purely scaremongering, and honestly come off like the insane raving of your crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.
+EMPs are a common love among right-wing <s>grifters</s> <s>wingnuts</s> viewpoint havers that some other country is somehow going to magically figure out an EMP weapon that doesn't involve a nuclear weapon, and use it to decimate society as we know it.<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/emp-weapons-conservatives-trump-gingrich-huckabee.html</ref><ref>https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/huckabees-emp-warnings/</ref> While EMP is certainly a real phenomenon, lots of essential infrastructure has either already been EMI hardened<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/the-grid-might-survive-an-electromagnetic-pulse-just-fine/</ref><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/21/electromagnetic-pulses-emp-weapons-nuclear-explosion/</ref> (thanks to regular solar storms forcing higher standards over time); cell providers notably have been forced to replace electronics at higher rates over the years due to solar storms, and satellites often fail specifically because of solar storms requiring redesigns in recent years.<ref>https://www.flightglobal.com/solar-storm-is-suspected-in-telstar-401-satellite-loss/918.article</ref> There's certainly more work to be done (a [[wikipedia:Carrington_Event|Carrington-level]] event would likely wipe out many transformers, taking ''years''<ref>https://forritlolbetacms.blob.core.windows.net/media/421532f4-12d6-4abb-a206-e31a977a063b/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf</ref> to replace), but claims like "We will return to pre-industrial population levels and 90% of people will DIE"<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-emp-warning-us-will-cease-to-exist-90-of-population-will-die</ref> are purely scaremongering, and honestly come off like the insane raving of your crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.
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 === No, Seriously, Why? ===
-EMPs are a common love among right-wing <s>grifters</s> <s>wingnuts</s> viewpoint havers that some other country is somehow going to magically figure out an EMP weapon that doesn't involve a nuclear weapon, and use it to decimate society as we know it.<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/emp-weapons-conservatives-trump-gingrich-huckabee.html</ref><ref>https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/huckabees-emp-warnings/</ref> While EMP is certainly a real phenomenon, lots of essential infrastructure has either already been EMI hardened<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/the-grid-might-survive-an-electromagnetic-pulse-just-fine/</ref> (thanks to regular solar storms forcing higher standards over time); cell providers notably have been forced to replace electronics at higher rates over the years due to solar storms, and satellites often fail specifically because of solar storms requiring redesigns in recent years.<ref>https://www.flightglobal.com/solar-storm-is-suspected-in-telstar-401-satellite-loss/918.article</ref> There's certainly more work to be done (a [[wikipedia:Carrington_Event|Carrington-level]] event would likely wipe out many transformers, which would take ''years''<ref>https://forritlolbetacms.blob.core.windows.net/media/421532f4-12d6-4abb-a206-e31a977a063b/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf</ref> to replace), but claims like "We will return to pre-industrial population levels and 90% of people will DIE"<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-emp-warning-us-will-cease-to-exist-90-of-population-will-die</ref> are purely scaremongering, and honestly come off like the insane raving of your crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.
+EMPs are a common love among right-wing <s>grifters</s> <s>wingnuts</s> viewpoint havers that some other country is somehow going to magically figure out an EMP weapon that doesn't involve a nuclear weapon, and use it to decimate society as we know it.<ref>https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/emp-weapons-conservatives-trump-gingrich-huckabee.html</ref><ref>https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/huckabees-emp-warnings/</ref> While EMP is certainly a real phenomenon, lots of essential infrastructure has either already been EMI hardened<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/the-grid-might-survive-an-electromagnetic-pulse-just-fine/</ref><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/21/electromagnetic-pulses-emp-weapons-nuclear-explosion/</ref> (thanks to regular solar storms forcing higher standards over time); cell providers notably have been forced to replace electronics at higher rates over the years due to solar storms, and satellites often fail specifically because of solar storms requiring redesigns in recent years.<ref>https://www.flightglobal.com/solar-storm-is-suspected-in-telstar-401-satellite-loss/918.article</ref> There's certainly more work to be done (a [[wikipedia:Carrington_Event|Carrington-level]] event would likely wipe out many transformers, which would take ''years''<ref>https://forritlolbetacms.blob.core.windows.net/media/421532f4-12d6-4abb-a206-e31a977a063b/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf</ref> to replace), but claims like "We will return to pre-industrial population levels and 90% of people will DIE"<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/new-emp-warning-us-will-cease-to-exist-90-of-population-will-die</ref> are purely scaremongering, and honestly come off like the insane raving of your crazy uncle at Thanksgiving.
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