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		naveen99 on Jan 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Texas electric grid failure was a warm-up https://www.quora.com/If-a-massive-solar-event-suddenly-had-... solar flares are predictable with enough notice. If it’s an h bomb, we will have enough problems with or without the empl. So, please stop writing old fashioned fairy tales here.

riskneutral on Jan 21, 2022 [–]

Is your whole argument that a solar flare will be predicted with enough notice and the grid will be shutdown in time to save us?

naveen99 on Jan 21, 2022 | [–]

Yes. Of course a comet could also annihilate us at any time.

riskneutral on Jan 21, 2022 | | [–]

Let's hope it works out that way, and not like this Texas electric grid story.

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