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Energy: Giant Solar Flares
  • In 1859, the science of solar physics truly began with the largest eruption in recorded history: the Carrington event. Prior to this time, many people had observed the Sun: counting and monitoring sunspots, watching the Sun’s differential rotation rate, and making a potential link between sunspot activity, the Earth’s magnetic field, and observations of Earth’s aurora. But when astronomers Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson noticed an enormous “white light flare” on the Sun on September 1, 1859, we realized that the Sun and the Earth were connected as never before. Just 17 hours later, Earth experienced the largest geomagnetic storm ever recorded, and the worldwide reports of its effects are now legendary. Knowing that these events happen regularly, are we now prepared for the inevitable? That’s what Erich Rathkamp wants to know, asking:

    “a CME the size of the 1859 Carrington Event would, if not prepared for, effectively level the power grid of the United States... Can we actually provide a full day's worth of warning? Is a sufficient warning period actually significant enough to allow us to survive a Carrington class [event?] ...if a Carrington class event were to be detected tomorrow, would we actually be able to survive it effectively?”

    In a worst-case scenario, the flare would arrive during a cold snap affecting the Northern Hemisphere during its winter. It would knock power offline for the majority of the developed world, leaving billions without heat or power. The storage and distribution of food and water might be knocked out, leaving billions to fend for themselves.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2021/02/26/ask-ethan-how-prepared-are-we-for-the-next-giant-solar-flare/?sh=73f981ed196e

    It is interesting how corrupt capitalists made huge amount of waste and build totally unstable and unreliable system.

    If you so want to add renewable energy - it must produce fuel. Gasoline, oil suitable for diesel, ethanol or gas.

    Such way it becomes possible to use cheap long life diesel and gasoline cars, fuels is simple to store and all capacity is already in place and easy to add.

    And by having reserve stations with huge fuel reserves you are always prepared for worst case, contrary to all present green madness.

    Why they don't do it? Simple - because CO2 fake warming theory will go to waste instantly, it is not compatible with this way.

    And they need this theory as they want to tax out all produced coal, oil and other stuff. Not because they like, but because they actually do not have anything to give in return if they pay real price.