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Re:The Threat to Americas Electrical Grid Is Bigger Than Ima... by pjc50 on Sunday September 11, 2016 @05:15PM (#12475781)
> What is a very important thing that would impact lots of people that is very easy to do or set in motion, but much harder to un-do or stop?

War. WW1 was started by a student with a pistol and resulted in >30m people killed or wounded.

The conflict that started on 9/11 fifteen years ago is still ongoing and has cost over a trillion dollars and a million lives, having destabilised Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria. Turkey may be next.

Terrorism suceeds when it provokes a spiral of escalation. Perhaps a grid collapse is fine - everyone goes on holiday for a day and hangs out with their neighbour, NYC passim, but a grid collapse plus a more conventional terrorist attack?

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Re:The Threat to Americas Electrical Grid Is Bigger Than Ima... by venomsnake on Sunday September 11, 2016 @05:33PM (#12475855)
WW1 was inevitable. The incident that triggered it was irrelevant.
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Re:The Threat to Americas Electrical Grid Is Bigger Than Ima... by dredmorbius on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:34PM (#12484228)
That's pretty much the case that's being made of a widespread grid failure.
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