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The electric grid could be down for years if LPTs destroyed

Posted on July 3, 2023 by energyskeptic

Large Power Transformer Source: ABB Conversations (2013) Preface. This post contains excerpts from two Department of Energy documents and one about large geomagnetic storms and how they would affect Large power transformers (LPT) and the U.S. electric grid. They are … Continue reading →

Posted in An Index of Best Energyskeptic Posts, Electric Grid, Electricity Infrastructure, Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Interdependencies | Tagged cyber attack, electric grid, foreign dependency, HDVC, limited raw material, LPT, power transformer, special grade electrical steel, supply chain failure | 1 Comment

Risks of cyber attack on Infrastructure

Posted on June 5, 2023 by energyskeptic

Delacourt TP (2022) Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure as the New WMD. Homeland Security. Preface. What follows are several articles on how cyber attacks could harm our infrastructure across at least 16 systems we depend on. Although it is the decline … Continue reading →

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Military Threats: Peak oil, population, climate change, pandemics, economic crises, cyberattacks, failed states, nuclear war

Posted on May 15, 2023 by energyskeptic

Mackintosh C (2010) Peak Oil “The debate is over”. Permaculture research institute. https://www.permaculturenews.org/2010/11/10/peak-oil-the-debate-is-over/ Preface. The military is more realistic about the challenges the world faces than congress or other branches and government agencies. In 2010, all of the military branches … Continue reading →

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Microchip fabrication plants need electricity 24 x 7 for four months

Posted on June 25, 2021 by energyskeptic

Preface. I explain in both of my books, When Trucks Stop Running and Life After Fossil Fuels, why heavy duty transportation and manufacturing can’t be electrified, as well as why the electric grid can’t stay up without natural gas to … Continue reading →

Posted in Blackouts, Electric Grid & Fast Collapse, Electricity Infrastructure, Interdependencies, Microchips and computers, Preservation of Knowledge | Tagged cyber attack, electric grid, micro chip, microprocessor, semiconductor | 27 Comments

Will the Great Game be won by Cyber Attacks?

Posted on January 25, 2021 by energyskeptic

Preface. This is a book review of Joel Brenner’s “America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare”. The ransom cyber attack on the colonial pipeline forced the shutdown of a vital pipeline delivering half … Continue reading →

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A nationwide blackout lasting 1 year could kill up to 90% Americans

Posted on April 11, 2020 by energyskeptic

Preface. What follows is the 30-page testimony of Dr. Pry at a 2015 U.S. House of Representatives session that I’ve summarized. In addition to electromagnetic pulses from a solar event, nuclear weapon, or purpose-built equipment, cyberattacks can also bring down … Continue reading →

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Will we go out with a whimper instead of a bang? Cyberwar more likely than nuclear war

Posted on August 25, 2015 by energyskeptic

Preface. This is a book review of Clarke & Knake’s “Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About IT”. The ransom cyber attack on the colonial pipeline forced the shutdown of a vital pipeline delivering … Continue reading →

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Electric Grid Overview

Posted on April 23, 2014 by energyskeptic

[ Our energy, transportation, electric, water and other infrastructures are all heavily dependent on each other, making the U.S. one of the most vulnerable nations on earth. Although transportation is the most essential of all, especially trucks, which make the … Continue reading →

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Emergency drill: Cyberattack on electric grid

Posted on August 17, 2013 by energyskeptic

Preface. Although I am mainly concerned about peak oil, we’ve become so incredibly dependent on the electric grid, including electricity to pump oil at gas stations, that if the grid came down from an EMP or cyberattack, millions of people … Continue reading →

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Cyber attack methods. Who are the cyber attackers?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by energyskeptic

This just in: Cyber criminals are planting chips in electric irons and kettles to launch spam attacks. A Russian TV channel had footage of an iron being opened up to reveal a “spy chip” with a small microphone that could … Continue reading →

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