power grid
How the U.S. Exploits the Myth That Hackers Will Take Down Our Power Grid
Last week, Leon Panetta stoked some fears and drew bloggy jeers when he warned of an incoming "cyber Pearl Harbor." The gloomy song and dance, which we've heard played out so many a time now, made a chorus of hackers' alleged ability to disrupt transit...
A New Reason To Be Irrationally Terrified of Solar Storms
It's common lore in the year 2012 that solar storms have the capability of knocking out our electrical grids and, you know, paralyzing society long enough for us to starve and/or get eaten by wolves and/or devour itself. Which isn't totally untrue...
New York's Power Grid Is a Wonderful and Fragile Thing
All these machines whirring around us have magical hearts pumping electricity through them, thanks to the will of God. If only this were so. As things stand in reality, electricity comes from generators and power plants where little men in pointy hats...
