pstarr wrote:dune, wouldn't that require an EMP attack? In short . . . a declaration of nuclear war. I don't think that will happen.
pstarr wrote:dune, wouldn't that require an EMP attack? In short . . . a declaration of nuclear war. I don't think that will happen.
The year is 2030. Forget about the flying cars, robot maids, and moving sidewalks we were promised. They’re not happening. But that doesn’t mean the future is a total unknown.
According to a startling Pentagon video obtained by The Intercept, the future of global cities will be an amalgam of the settings of “Escape from New York” and “Robocop” — with dashes of the “Warriors” and “Divergent” thrown in. It will be a world of Robert Kaplan-esque urban hellscapes — brutal and anarchic supercities filled with gangs of youth-gone-wild, a restive underclass, criminal syndicates, and bands of malicious hackers.
onlooker wrote:pstarr wrote:dune, wouldn't that require an EMP attack? In short . . . a declaration of nuclear war. I don't think that will happen.
What about the The Olduvai Theory. How abrupt and widespread will electrical interruptions or blackouts be. I think this is going to closely track the overall downward spiral
dunewalker wrote:pstarr wrote:dune, wouldn't that require an EMP attack? In short . . . a declaration of nuclear war. I don't think that will happen.
That's one way, but not necessarily precipitating nuclear war. For instance, North Korea is capable of exploding emp nuke in space over US, doesn't mean it's all-out nuclear war to follow. But I mean more like computer hacking of grid control centers, or such.
Newfie wrote:Somewhere I read 7 guys with high power rifles and some knowledge could do it.
onlooker wrote:I am starting to think a financial Armageddon may be the catalyst to really get collapse going. The situation with Debt is dire and at some point you have to believe the Stock Markets and such will have do deal with some dose of reality in figuring out the current economic status of everything and everyone. Warren Buffet said Derivatives are economic WMD
Why India wiped out 86% of its cash overnight
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37974423
India is in the middle of an extraordinary economic experiment.
On 8 November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave only four hours' notice that virtually all the cash in the world's seventh-largest economy would be effectively worthless.
The Indian government likes to use the technical term "demonetisation" to describe the move, which makes it sound rather dull. It isn't. This is the economic equivalent of "shock and awe".
Cartoons of how 'cashless' Indians are coping
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37975428
With Indians struggling to get cash after the government's surprise decision to scrap 500 and 1,000 rupee notes overnight, ingenuity has come to the fore. The BBC's Ayeshea Perera looks at five ways people have been making do.
Pops wrote:Newfie wrote:Somewhere I read 7 guys with high power rifles and some knowledge could do it.
Shoot holes in the transformers, the oil that keeps them cool leaks out, they burn up... don't forget to disable the warning indicators
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack
I'd guess some holes in the system (sorta speak) have been plugged by now
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