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Baobab

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2. 2 billion or more people would die

Reply to EdwardBernays (Reply #1)

Thu May 12, 2016, 08:00 PM

May 2016

Because the price of food would likely go up at least 50%

Something similar could conceivably happen if we had a big solar storm (a coronal mass ejection) and that triggered a grid outage and subsequent meltdowns. (due to loss of the ultimate heat sink)

There is a one in eight chance of that every decade. Maybe even more. (We just missed one in 2012)

I am not kidding.

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I don't know EdwardBernays May 2016 #1

2 billion or more people would die Baobab May 2016 #2

Yeah EdwardBernays May 2016 #3

You got it, very good, thats it.. Baobab May 2016 #4

Fingers crossed EdwardBernays May 2016 #5

We need much much more backup for all nuclear power plants.. we should have huge solar systems which Baobab May 2016 #6