NirogenCube
NirogenCube t1_ixnpr86 wrote
Reply to comment by Tsuijin in If a solar flare were to wipe most if not all technology, what plans/countermeasure could be taken to slow rebuild things like the internet? by Zak_the_Reaper
Shit no water no gas no cars nothing. It's estimated that 300,000,000 would die within the first 2 days.
NirogenCube t1_ixnpde2 wrote
Reply to comment by StaleCanole in If a solar flare were to wipe most if not all technology, what plans/countermeasure could be taken to slow rebuild things like the internet? by Zak_the_Reaper
It's not the actual solar flare you worrie about. It's the tail and whipping effect of the magnetosphere and ionosphere. A large enough solar flare would cause these two two parts of earths defense mechanism to become incredibly unstable and thin. Not to mention solar forcing and the ionized particals to enter and exit the earths ground.
NirogenCube t1_ixnogra wrote
Reply to If a solar flare were to wipe most if not all technology, what plans/countermeasure could be taken to slow rebuild things like the internet? by Zak_the_Reaper
It legitimately would not matter. Verious types of Power plants including nuclear would meltdown and leave the earth unlivable.
NirogenCube t1_ixox5wh wrote
Reply to comment by StaleCanole in If a solar flare were to wipe most if not all technology, what plans/countermeasure could be taken to slow rebuild things like the internet? by Zak_the_Reaper
I think the greater issue at hand is the rapidly weakening of earths magnetism and magnetic feild. Not to mention the fact we are in the middle of a geomagnetic excursion. The last time this happened was the laschamp event which is argued to be the event that killed Neanderthals.