紐特金里奇警告電網脆弱，經不起電磁脈衝或大太陽風暴

紐特金里奇警告電網脆弱
Newt Gringrich Warns Of Vulnerable Power Grid
July 13, 2012

After recent storms knocked out power for more than 3 million people in the middle of a record heat wave former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich decided to open up about America’s vulnerable power grid. In an opinion piece posted on The Washington Post Gingrich writes:
經過最近的風暴擊倒超過3百萬人在創紀錄的熱浪中使用的電力，前議長紐特金里奇決定開放有關美國的脆弱電網。金里奇在一篇發表在“華盛頓郵報”的意見中寫道：
“Without power, the comforts of home become worthless. You sit in the sweltering heat, realizing you are living in a box that, without electricity, is a trap. You pray for the “juice” to return before your groceries go bad. You either make do in the heat or find refuge with friends who have electricity.”
“沒有電源，家的舒適變得一文不值。你坐在悶熱中，體現到你生活在一個沒有電的盒子裡是一個陷阱。你在你的雜貨變壞前祈求“電”返回，你要么在熱中勉強過日子或要麼在有電力的朋友處避難。“
Newt claims that the power grid is created in such a ways that doomsday-level damage could be caused if the United States were to be hit with an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) strike or even a major solar storm.
紐特宣稱，電網以這樣的方式創建，如果美國被電磁脈衝（EMP）或甚至是一場大的太陽風暴襲擊，末日級的損毀可以被造成。
The former speaker is worried that a nuclear weapon detonated over the atmosphere of the continental United States could cause an EMP that would knock power out for months, perhaps even years. Gingrich also points tot he Carrington Event of 1859, a solar storm that since that time has caused geomagnetic disturbances every 75 years. While we make think the possibility of a solar storm causing major issues is not possible in 1089 a space storm knocked out power to millions of people in Quebec for several hours.
前議長擔心，在美國大陸大氣層上的一次核武器引爆，可能導致一場擊倒電源幾個月或甚至幾年的電磁脈衝。金里奇還指出1859年的卡林頓事件，一場自那時以來的太陽風暴，已造成每75年一次的地磁擾動。雖然我們認為太陽風暴造成重大問題的可能性是沒有可能的，但在1089年時一場空間風暴在幾個小時內擊倒魁北克數以百萬計的人的電力。
Several hours during a moment of attack is all it would take to leave the United States vulnerable to attack, not to mention disrupting telecommunications, transportation and general power.

So what exactly could be affected? Newt Gingrich provides the following scenario:

“Suppose that, rather than being a temporary disruption in our lives, the power outage lasted weeks or months, or even years. Consider what state all of us, from the richest to the poorest, would be in if we were still literally in the dark. Millions could be trapped in houses or apartments that were never designed for this climate without air conditioning. No cool air; months with no food shipments and every pharmacy shut down — no refills for life-sustaining medications.”

You can read the full commentary piece HERE.

In the meantime the West Virginia Young Republicans question why we are not doing more to develop a better, more sustainable power grid:

You would think that in a regulated utility state, the extra $$ we pay would ensure a certain level of investment/maintenance to power grid.

http://www.inquisitr.com/276160/newt-gringrich-warns-of-vulnerable-power-grid/

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