garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL) · 1 year agoTIL that in 2012 a large solar storm nearly missed Earth by a margin of nine days. If it hit, it could have caused damages to a cost of around $2.6 trillion.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down18
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 2012 a large solar storm nearly missed Earth by a margin of nine days. If it hit, it could have caused damages to a cost of around $2.6 trillion.en.wikipedia.orggarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned (TIL) · 1 year agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·1 year agoWould we? I remember reading Ted Koppel’s book Lights Out a few years ago, but I’d assume that utilities, grid operators, and governments have been making efforts to improve grid resilience
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·1 year agoI find your excess of faith disturbing…
minus-squareSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year agoHaha it’s less an excess of faith- more like someone else gets paid to worry about it, so i’m not gonna stress myself out for free
minus-squareFubber Nuckin'@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·1 year agoBold of you to assume they’re worrying about it.
minus-squareLaSaucisseMasquee@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYeah that worked super well with Covid.
minus-squarescarecrow365@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year ago laughs in Texas *
minus-squareSandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoGod bless the Eastern Interconnection lol
minus-squareRhaedas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoBeing proactive for risks that are small for the near term is expensive, and not very profitable for the shareholders.
Would we? I remember reading Ted Koppel’s book Lights Out a few years ago, but I’d assume that utilities, grid operators, and governments have been making efforts to improve grid resilience
I find your excess of faith disturbing…
Haha it’s less an excess of faith- more like someone else gets paid to worry about it, so i’m not gonna stress myself out for free
Bold of you to assume they’re worrying about it.
Yeah that worked super well with Covid.
God bless the Eastern Interconnection lol
Being proactive for risks that are small for the near term is expensive, and not very profitable for the shareholders.
Lol