Power Grid Fragility:
Death by Blackout

Last Update: 11 November, 2023

PART 1: ORIENTATION:

• What is this Issue Concerning?

This is about civilian elecrical power infrastructure being built fragile (without much resilience), how easily disruption can happen, the harm that disruption can cause, and how long it can take to fix

• Why is that a threat?

We depend on electricity heavily in our daily lives, and the support services we depend on also heavily depend on electricity (eg. grocery stores, gas stations, banks, municipal water stations), and we typically don't produce it ourselves. If it's cut off, we can be quickly cut off from many of our life supports.

If main transformers are damaged, they can take months or years to replace.

The threat of diruption even from natural events is great, nevermind from war, especially one which may involve intercontinental missiles and/or sabotage by local terror cells.

PART 2: DETAILS:

• Overview Documentaries:

1. Grid Down Power Up, with Dennis Quaid (2022) [Documentary]- Free Speech Warrior

2. 10 March, 2023: How an EMP Attack Can Destroy the Heart of US Electrical Grid

• Interviews:

1. Nov 8, 2023: Energy Industry Insider Details How the Govt. has No Plan to Prevent Collapse from EMPs

2. Articles:

1. 12 Nov, 2023: GRID DOWN ALERT: North America at risk of blackouts during cold weather events, regulator warns. That's right: the America-Canada power grid is admitted to be too fragile to be able to withstand a rough winter nevermind some kind of deliberate attack.

2. October 22, 2015: The EMP Threat to Canada

PART 3: OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION:

1. Write your elected representatives to encourage them to 'harden' (make resilient) the power grid.

2. Pray for reliable infrastructure.

3. Prepare direct backups, such as a 'solar generator', ie. solar panels combined with a 'power station' multifunction battery system.

4. Prepare generally as a longstanding blackout could persist a long time affecting virtually every facet of soceity.