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Is a 'Katrina-Like' Space Storm Brewing?
pilsner.urquell writes "A newly released NASA report warns that the world has forgotten the power of the sun, creating a technological society susceptible like never before to large infrastructure damage from solar storms.
According to the report, the world has grown so dependent on modern technologies without respect of what the sun can and has done, that it's risking major communications, finance, transportation, government and even emergency services disruptions."
this must be serious!
We must confirm it at once with our brightest astro boffins!!
People tend to underestimate how much our incredibly wasteful governments cost both in terms of tax money that is taken out of the economy and in terms of compliance with regulations that are probably not needed. If the laws were made more efficient, and taxes were made dramatically lower, like a 10% maximum federal income tax, it would be easier to make more expensive devices that have all sorts of things ranging from extremely eco-friendly designs to being shielded from EMPs because most of the middle and upper classes would have the money to buy them.
What people don't tend to realize is that making eco-friendly products that are resilient against EMPs, solar flares, etc. costs a lot of money. When you combine that cost with the cost of having tax-heavy, low-value governments, people are going to save their money. The best thing that could be done for environmentalism and getting people to spend money on more durable products would be to let them keep more of their money and then nudge manufacturers in this direction since everyone wants eco-friendly, durable, crisis-resilient products.