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The cashless society is almost here and it could lead to chaos and violence. Furthermore, many Americans could soon have no way to pay for necessities like food. Poor people could have no way to buy food because they have ...

  The Effects Of Winter Power Outages Much of the Midwest has withstood record-low temperatures recently, but none have endured as much as Minnesota. Early last week, with temperatures dropping far below zero, over 8,000 residents of Minneapolis lost their ...

Winter power outages are more common and more destructive than many folks believe. In fact, the economic impact of winter power outages is staggering. Many of us have been witnessing the ice-induced carnage over the last few days. Winter storm ...

I remember first hearing about electric cars when I was a kid. That was a long time ago; back when they were just a theory, one that people were calling “impractical.” The few electric cars which were on the road ...

The bad guys are mobilizing an army of weaponized cyber-bots that can turn every device in your home against you. Moreover, hackers and terrorists can transform anything connected to the internet or the cloud into a weapon. These weaponized cyber-bots consist ...

The U.S. power grid and its continued vulnerability is an existential threat that Americans need to deal with soon. Many industry “players” are dragging their feet,  despite efforts by President Trump and Energy Secretary Perry to address the issue. “Frankly, ...

Even though renewable energy is an unproven source of power – it will be the world’s main source of electricity by mid-century. Around 64% of the world’s power will come from renewable sources by 2050, Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimated. ...

Arctic ice is blocking the entrance to two of Russia’s largest ports for the export of oil and natural gas. Tankers are unable to reach two giant ports because the Gulf of Ob is frozen over in late June. “The ...

A rat knocked out the electric grid serving 3,000 homes on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Wednesday. Homeowners were without electricity for several hours because the Kapilina Beach Homes neighborhood had no backup for a substation transformer. The rat knocked ...

The United States has no defense against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon that can knock out the grid, blackout the country for a year, and kill millions of Americans. Those were the conclusions of the Congressional EMP Commission. “The federal ...