Coronal Mass Ejection Barely Missed Earth In 2012

It was on par with the 1859 Carrington Event and would have caused massive electric grid collapses. I do not want to see a civilizational collapse due to lack of electricity. We ought to have big electric power transformers stockpiled underground along with any other vulnerable but essential pieces of our electric power infrastructure. We are incredibly dependent on electric power and our civilization would collapse very rapidly without it. Our population densities preclude a shift back to a lower tech lifestyle without a big die-off. I've said this before. If you happen to live in a really really rural area where people from cities won't be able to reach and you prepare adequately you could live thru the consequences...
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